Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fraternization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables: frat-er-niza-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Having a friendly relationship with the enemy.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

any type of disallowed, supposedly unethical and unprofessional, social or intimate contact between employees, especially between different gender, class or rank.

American usage; Countable; Derogatory; Uncountable

Etymology

From French fraternisation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fraternizations (plural) fraternisation (alternative)

Phrases

sexual fraternization

Frequently Paired Words

antifraternization confraternization fraternism fraternize nonfraternization sexual fraternization

Synonyms

fraternisation

Questions

What does fraternization mean?: The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers.
Where does fraternization come from?: From French fraternisation.

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