fraternization
Crossing professional boundaries
Fraternization is friendly association between people who aren't supposed to mix freely—soldiers with enemy civilians, officers with enlisted personnel, supervisors with subordinates.
The word often implies inappropriate intimacy or relationships that cross professional boundaries: The company had strict rules against fraternization between managers and staff.
Military contexts treat fraternization as a serious breach of discipline.
Forming close connections
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
kinship · friendship · collegiality · togetherness · unity · affinity · chumminess · sociability
Casual social interaction
- mixingCombining into one mass
- interactionReciprocal action between parties
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- socializingEngaging with others recreationally
gathering · association · engagement · contact · intercourse · communication · hobnobbing · schmoozing
Cultural or social prohibition
- off-limitsProhibited from access
- verbotenProhibited by authority
- forbiddenNot allowed
- banOfficial restriction on something
prohibition · restriction · interdiction · unauthorized · illicit · misconduct · violation · infraction
Connection between entities
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- liaisonConnector between groups
- involvementState of being engaged
- datingPursuing romantic connections
courtship · intimacy · romance · entanglement · attachment · flirtation · tryst · dalliance
Joint intellectual work
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- sympathizerOne who shares feelings
- consortingAssociating with others
- aidingProviding assistance to
treachery · treason · betrayal · defection · turncoat · quisling · collaborationist · wartime
bonding
Forming close connections
- comradeshipMutual loyalty among companions
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- solidarityUnity among allies
rapport · kinship · friendship · collegiality · togetherness · unity · affinity · chumminess · sociability · conviviality
mingling
Casual social interaction
- mixingCombining into one mass
- interactionReciprocal action between parties
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
socializing · gathering · association · engagement · contact · intercourse · communication · hobnobbing · schmoozing · meetup
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- off-limitsProhibited from access
- verbotenProhibited by authority
- forbiddenNot allowed
ban · prohibition · restriction · interdiction · unauthorized · illicit · misconduct · violation · infraction · reprimand
relationship
Connection between entities
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- liaisonConnector between groups
- involvementState of being engaged
dating · courtship · intimacy · romance · entanglement · attachment · flirtation · tryst · dalliance · rendezvous
collaboration
Joint intellectual work
- collusionFraudulent secret cooperation
- sympathizerOne who shares feelings
- consortingAssociating with others
aiding · treachery · treason · betrayal · defection · turncoat · quisling · collaborationist · wartime · occupier
- military offensesdesertion, insubordination, mutiny, AWOL, absence without leave
- occupied Germanymilitary government, US Army, Soviet occupation, denazification, Berlin Airlift
- Military Justicecourt-martial, court martial, military courts, JAG, military tribunals
- Occupationmilitary occupation, occupation force, occupation forces, occupation of Japan, occupation zone
- military lawcourt-martial, court martial, military courts, military justice, judge advocate
- Postwar JapanGHQ, MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur, occupation forces, demilitarization
fraternizationaloofness
Emotional unavailability, standoffishness
isolation · avoidance · standoffishness · shunning · ostracism
fraternizationprofessional distance
Boundaries in work relationships
professionalism · formality · professional conduct · propriety · decorum
fraternizationopposition
Active resistance or dissent
hostility · antagonism · enmity · loyalty · resistance