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Grammar : Noun
Spell : frat-er-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfræt ərˌnaɪz



Definition of fraternization

Origin :
  • 1792, "act of uniting as brothers," from French fraternization (see fraternity); of relations between occupying soldiers and occupied civilians, from mid-19c; explicitly from 1944 (see fraternize).
  • As in association : noun friendship
  • As in incorporation : noun the act of becoming a corporate body
  • As in collaboration : noun cooperation
  • As in alliance : noun friendly association, agreement
Example sentences :
  • We are to succeed in the French mode, by the system of fraternization—all is French.
  • Extract from : « American Eloquence, Volume I. (of 4) » by Various
  • Better yet, where in all Fiji was fraternization more simple?
  • Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie
  • This was the answer to Redmond's proposal of fraternization.
  • Extract from : « John Redmond's Last Years » by Stephen Gwynn
  • The fraternization which is developing on the front can easily turn into such a trap.
  • Extract from : « Bolshevism » by John Spargo
  • Its privilege—its duty rather—is to ignore all applicants to fraternization that cannot return what it receives.
  • Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley
  • They had inaugurated an informal understanding with the Communists, and fraternization had begun between the opposing armies.
  • Extract from : « Government in Republican China » by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
  • There was therefore none of the sympathy and the fraternization that usually has accompanied a great surrender at sea.
  • Extract from : « Winning a Cause » by John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
  • We were to succeed in the French mode by the system of fraternization—all is French!
  • Extract from : « Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856 (4 of 16 vol.) » by Various
  • HE Jacobins, in realizing their systems of fraternization, always contrived to be the elder brothers.
  • Extract from : « Quips and Quiddities » by William Davenport Adams
  • Incidentally he disposed of the suggestion that there had been anything in the way of fraternization.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Aug 8, 1917 » by Various

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