fraternization
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Fraternization — is turning people into brothers conducting social relations with people who are actually unrelated and/or of a different class (especially those with whom one works) as though they were siblings, family members, personal friends or lovers.In many … Wikipedia
Fraternization — Fra ter*ni*za tion (? or ?), n. The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers. [1913 Webster] I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. Burke. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fraternization — 1792, act of uniting as brothers, from Fr. fraternization (see FRATERNITY (Cf. fraternity)); of relations between occupying soldiers and occupied civilians, from mid 19c; explicitly from 1944 (see FRATERNIZE (Cf. fraternize)) … Etymology dictionary
fraternization — index rapprochement, society, sodality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fraternization — (Amer.) frat·er·ni·za·tion || ‚frætÉ™(r)nÉ™ zeɪʃn / naɪ z n. communion, fellowship; associating with others in a brotherly manner (also fraternisation) … English contemporary dictionary
fraternization — copulation with enemy civilians in military occupied territories Strictly, friendship with or treating as brothers, but to an occupying soldier the frater was of less interest than his sister(s): Relics of the Great Fraternization… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
fraternization — fraternize (also fraternise) ► VERB (usu. fraternize with) ▪ be on friendly terms. DERIVATIVES fraternization noun … English terms dictionary
fraternization — noun see fraternize … New Collegiate Dictionary
fraternization — noun The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers … Wiktionary
fraternization — Synonyms and related words: affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, association, cahoots, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, collaboration, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination, companionship, company, comradeship,… … Moby Thesaurus
