Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun paternity

3 senses of paternity

Sense 1
paternity -- (the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity")
       => state -- (the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state")

Sense 2
fatherhood, paternity -- (the kinship relation between an offspring and the father)
       => kinship, family relationship, relationship -- ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

Sense 3
authorship, paternity -- (the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed")
       => initiation, founding, foundation, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration -- (the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society")