social bonds
Relationships between people
Social bonds are the connections that tie people together—relationships built on affection, trust, shared experience, or mutual obligation.
The term appears in sociology and psychology to describe what attaches individuals to family, friends, communities, or institutions: Strong social bonds reduce feelings of isolation.
Social bond theory in criminology proposes that attachment to conventional society prevents deviant behavior.
More loosely, any emotional tie between people qualifies: The team developed social bonds that lasted beyond the season.
- communityCollective of connected people
- tight-knit communitySocially interconnected local population
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- blood tiesFamilial relationships through ancestry
- friendshipBond of mutual affection
shared values · empathy · kinship · reciprocity · solidarity · mutual aid · support network · affection · interdependence · breaking bread · belonging · teamwork · marriage · collective memory · sense of belonging · trust · intimacy · family
- belongingbelonging, inclusion, acceptance, community, connection
- bondsbond, corporate bond, government bond, municipal bond, treasury bond
- communityneighbors, neighborliness, neighborhoods, kinship, community centers
- community valuescommon good, solidarity, diversity, mutual respect, trust
- Social Belongingfriendship, inclusion, exclusion, peer groups, acceptance
- Social Supportfamily support, friendship, community ties, trust, loyalty
social bondsisolation
Complete separation from others
social isolation · alienation · loneliness · disconnection · estrangement
social bondssocietal collapse
Disintegration of governing structures
disintegration · atomization · division · discord · balkanization
social bondsradical individualism
Belief in absolute personal sovereignty
self-reliance · autonomy · independence · self-sufficiency · antisocial behavior