fraternisation
Crossing social boundaries
Fraternisation is friendly association between people who might be expected to maintain formal distance—soldiers with enemies, officers with enlisted personnel, teachers with students.
The word often implies inappropriate intimacy or collaboration: The policy forbids fraternisation between staff and inmates.
British spelling of fraternization.
Hostile opposing party
- opposing forcesCombatants facing one another
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
officers · enlisted · ranks · Geneva Convention · occupation · prisoners · combatants · battlefield
Mutual loyalty among companions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- sisterhoodBond among women
- bondingForming close connections
- solidarityUnity among allies
esprit de corps · rapport · kinship · closeness · intimacy · friendship · affinity · chumminess
Authoritative legal ban
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- banOfficial restriction on something
- verbotenProhibited by authority
- off-limitsProhibited from access
proscribed · interdiction · misconduct · impropriety · breach · violation · regulations · court-martial
Spoken exchange between parties
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
- detenteRelaxation of strained relations
- reconciliationRestoration of friendly relations
negotiation · cooperation · exchange · relations · communication · outreach · bridge-building · understanding
Professional associates
- coworkersPeople at same job
- subordinatesThose ranked below
- supervisorsThose who oversee workers
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
office romance · professional boundaries · power imbalance · nepotism · favouritism · conflict of interest · disclosure · ethics
enemy
Hostile opposing party
- opposing forcesCombatants facing one another
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
soldiers · officers · enlisted · ranks · Geneva Convention · occupation · prisoners · combatants · battlefield · no-man's-land
comradeship
Mutual loyalty among companions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- sisterhoodBond among women
- bondingForming close connections
solidarity · esprit de corps · rapport · kinship · closeness · intimacy · friendship · affinity · chumminess · collegiality
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- banOfficial restriction on something
- verbotenProhibited by authority
off-limits · proscribed · interdiction · misconduct · impropriety · breach · violation · regulations · court-martial · reprimand
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- rapprochementReestablishment of harmonious relations
- detenteRelaxation of strained relations
reconciliation · negotiation · cooperation · exchange · relations · communication · outreach · bridge-building · understanding · cultural exchange
colleagues
Professional associates
- coworkersPeople at same job
- subordinatesThose ranked below
- supervisorsThose who oversee workers
hierarchy · office romance · professional boundaries · power imbalance · nepotism · favouritism · conflict of interest · disclosure · ethics · corporate culture
fraternisationprofessional distance
Boundaries in work relationships
detachment · aloofness · formality · professional boundaries · segregation
fraternisationdisbanding
Formally ending a group
dispersal · separation · dissolution · disassociation · scattering
fraternisationhostility
Antagonistic disposition toward others
enmity · antagonism · conflict · animosity · belligerence
brother, brotherly, brotherhood, fraternity, fraternal, fratricide, fraternization, fraternizer, confrere