KINDRED SPIRIT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of kindred spirit in English

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kindred spirit
The most he would say is that he identified the painter as a kindred spirit, dealing in his own sphere with analogous creative problems.
We may pity them, but there can only be sympathy where there is a kindred spirit.
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I had always associated him with a superior and kindred spirit.
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I look upon him, or looked upon him, as a kindred spirit; we were in a sort of way comrades-in-arms.
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He sensed a kindred spirit and reached out to her.
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He is delighted to find a kindred spirit in his isolation, and the admiration she feels soon turns to passion that he reciprocates.
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Outrageously disjointed and just as outrageously entertaining, the picture stands as a successful outsider's tribute to a failed kindred spirit.
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Recognizing a kindred spirit in each other's devotion to their music, the desire to share music together was ignited immediately.
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Secondly, the congregation began to find a kindred spirit with the denomination's commitment to justice and equality, as congregant activism began to emerge.
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He found in him a kindred spirit and was inspired by the freedom and simplicity of his designs.
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And he seemed a kindred spirit to what we were trying to do.
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I determined to drive them from the place, and united with others of a kindred spirit for that purpose.
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He turned out to be a kindred spirit: on a cerebral level the two got on like a house on fire.
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They have shown themselves to be kindred spirits alike in principle and in the practice which they have pursued.
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They join with kindred spirits and kindred minds in this country.
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Translations of kindred spirit

in Chinese (Traditional)
志趣相投的人, 志同道合的人…
in Chinese (Simplified)
志趣相投的人, 志同道合的人…
in Spanish
alma gemela…
in Portuguese
alma gêmea…
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