"kindred spirit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-kindred spirit.ogg [Australia] Forms: kindred spirits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} kindred spirit (plural kindred spirits)
  1. (idiomatic) Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself. Tags: idiomatic Translations (someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself): 心心相印 (xīnxīnxiāngyìn) (Chinese Mandarin), zielsverwant [masculine] (Dutch), samideano (Esperanto), sukulaissielu (Finnish), âme sœur [feminine] (French), Gleichgesinnter [masculine] (German), Gleichgesinnte [feminine] (German), verwandter Geist [masculine] (German), sálufélagi [masculine] (Icelandic), anamchara [masculine] (Irish), anima gemella [feminine] (Italian), spirito affine [masculine] (Italian), bratnia dusza [feminine] (Polish), pokrewna dusza [feminine] (Polish), przyjazna dusza [feminine] (Polish), родственная душа́ (rodstvennaja dušá) (Russian), alma gemela [feminine] (Spanish), media naranja [feminine] (Spanish), tvillingsjäl [common-gender] (Swedish), själsfrände [common-gender] (Swedish), likasinnad [common-gender] (Swedish), спорі́днена душа́ (sporídnena dušá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-kindred_spirit-en-noun-GFPEs4NP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself': 98 2
  2. Someone or something with which one feels connected. Related terms: soulmate
    Sense id: en-kindred_spirit-en-noun-Y--lL45m

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