fraternization

English

Alternative forms

• fraternisation

Etymology

From French fraternisation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fraternization (countable and uncountable, plural fraternizations)

1. The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.
2. Having a friendly relationship with the enemy.
3. (chiefly US, derogatory) any type of disallowed, supposedly unethical and unprofessional, social or intimate contact between employees, especially between different gender, class or rank.

Related terms

• antifraternization
• confraternization
• fraternism
• fraternize
• nonfraternization
• sexual fraternization

Translations

act of fraternizing

Arabic: مُؤَاخَاة (muʔāḵāh) Bulgarian: побратимяване n (pobratimjavane) Catalan: confraternització f French: fraternisation (fr) f German: Verbrüderung (de) f Greek: αδελφοποίηση (el) f (adelfopoíisi), αδελφοποιία (el) f (adelfopoiía) Polish: bratanie się n, fraternizacja (pl) f

Further reading

• fraternization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia