Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.

    Verbrüderung

  2. (countable, uncountable)Having a friendly relationship with the enemy.

    associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy

  3. (US, countable, derogatory, uncountable)Any type of disallowed, supposedly unethical and unprofessional, social or intimate contact between employees, especially between different gender, class or rank.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Company policy precludes fraternization between co-workers.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of fraternizing:

Origin

From French fraternisation.

From French fraternisation.

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Forms

plural: fraternizations

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy:fraternisation

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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