fraternization

[ frat-er-nahy-zey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. 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.

  2. 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.

Origin of fraternization

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; fraterniz(e) + -ation
  • Also especially British, frat·er·ni·sa·tion .

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