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fraternization
[ frat-er-nahy-zey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of associating with a person or group in a friendly way:
He sees race relations in Brazil as relatively harmonious, with fraternization in sports and carnivals.
- social or, especially, intimate association with natives of a conquered country, with enemy or allied troops, between members of an organization who are of different ranks, etc.:
The colonel was disciplined for fraternization with a junior enlisted airman.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fraternization1
First recorded in 1790–1800; fraterniz(e) ( def ) + -ation ( def )
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