social intercourse
Dealings between people
Social intercourse is interaction between people—conversation, communication, and the general exchange that constitutes social life.
The term is formal and somewhat dated: The café served as a place for social intercourse among artists and intellectuals.
Despite sharing a word with sexual intercourse, social intercourse carries no sexual connotation; both derive from intercourse meaning dealings or communication between parties.
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- smilePleased facial expression
- good mannersSocially acceptable conduct
- networkingBuilding professional relationships
- empathySharing another's emotions
dialogue · rapport · collaboration · discussion · multiculturalism · trust-building · parlance · storytelling · shared experiences · breaking bread · dinner party · civility · teamwork · socializing · bonding · cross-cultural dialogue · communion · laughter
social intercourseisolation
Complete separation from others
solitude · seclusion · withdrawal · hermitage · reclusiveness
social intercoursesilence
Total lack of sound
noncommunication · muteness · taciturnity · reticence · incommunicado
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