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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
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Example Sentences
With this bar to congenial juvenile fraternization removed, Donald felt free to begin life on a new plane.
A general fraternization ensued, and the late enemies and temporary friends regaled each other at various banquets.
Better yet, where in all Fiji was fraternization more simple?
An alliance marked by close fraternization always ends in cannon shot.
Foster district and local societies to afford mutual instruction, and strengthen fraternization.
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