fraternize
to associate socially or romantically with people considered inappropriate company, often due to a difference in status, as between managers and subordinates, or professors and students: Doctors fraternizing with interns is nothing new, but hospital management is considering stricter policies to discourage it.
to associate cordially or intimately with the people of a conquered country, enemy troops, etc., especially in violation of orders or rules: Of the charges these officers are facing, the most serious is fraternizing with the enemy.
to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
Archaic. to bring into fraternal association or sympathy.
Origin of fraternize
1- Also especially British, frat·er·nise .
Other words for fraternize
Other words from fraternize
- frat·er·ni·za·tion [frat-er-nahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌfræt ərˌnaɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, noun
- frat·er·niz·er, noun
- un·frat·er·nized, adjective
- un·frat·er·niz·ing, adjective
Words Nearby fraternize
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How to use fraternize in a sentence
The RA, Axley said, told her not to report it, saying Axley could be found to have violated the school’s prohibition against drinking and fraternizing with the opposite sex.
“The Liberty Way”: How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students’ Reports of Sexual Assaults | by Hannah Dreyfus, photography by Sarah Blesener for ProPublica | October 24, 2021 | ProPublicaThat’s in part because office culture rewarded long hours as well as hours after work fraternizing with bosses while a partner helped out at home.
They also forbid any US citizen to fraternize or associate with the group.
Maybe Margaret would like to fraternize with Mr. Gerald who seems to have the same ideas.
It was then voted, and with enthusiasm, that the Convention should go out and fraternize with the multitude.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
Such a wonderful spirit among the militia; perhaps the soldiers will fraternize with the strikers.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanI shall fraternize with most of them—I shall be one of them almost immediately.
The Adventures of a Widow | Edgar FawcettThurstan tried to protest and Jacob to fraternize, but all was useless.
The Bondman | Hall CaineEven the oppression of the masses has itself caused the oppressed to fraternize among themselves.
Anarchy | Errico Malatesta
British Dictionary definitions for fraternize
fraternise
/ (ˈfrætəˌnaɪz) /
(intr often foll by with) to associate on friendly terms
Derived forms of fraternize
- fraternization or fraternisation, noun
- fraternizer or fraterniser, noun
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