fraternization
IPA: frʌtˈɝnʌzˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.
- Having a friendly relationship with the enemy.
- (chiefly US, derogatory) any type of disallowed, supposedly unethical and unprofessional, social or intimate contact between employees, especially between different gender, class or rank.
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Examples of "fraternization" in Sentences
- Also labeled in the military at times as "fraternization" and even "adultery."
- The ban covered all friendly mingling with former enemy nationals, but the term "fraternization" quickly became synonymous with illicit and adulterous sex.
- On the other hand, a preliminary study asserted that sending soldiers 'dependents to Germany was a "necessity if non-fraternization is to be made workable."
- Shaughnessy attributes this non-violence and "fraternization" to the rise of unions that encourage players to think of themselves as part of a larger endeavor.
- But as the friendships deepened into romance, U.S. officers decided the relationships posed a security problem and prohibited the men from "fraternization" during "combat."
- Q Well, is there a sense that this kind of fraternization, even if its strictly purely social politeness, shouldn't have taken place given the relationship of the United States?
- Additionally, the Air Force, by virtue of its recent origins and philosophy, has had major problems with fraternization which is a major precursor to sexual harrassment claims and undisciplined units.
- We will be doing some work with partners, but the specific design that we were talking about earlier around fraternization, which is a way to get the right length on the right number base pairs of DNA prior to going into the next-gen sequencer that specific product line, it does appeared as it's better suited for us to make our own direct investment and approach that market directly as opposed to through a single partner just because I think we limit ourselves fairly significantly as you watch the emergence of this market.
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