Fraternal vs Fraternalize - What's the difference?
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Of brothers (fraternal twins ).
Related through a brother (fraternal nephew ).
In need of a brother or sister or friend.
Like brothers (fraternal cousins ).
Brotherly, befitting or of a brother or brothers.
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Friendly or brotherly (e.g. fraternal relations between socialist parties in different countries).
Being or of a society of men linked in brotherly union ( ).
Platonic (as fraternal love - brotherly love).
To make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.
* 1916 , Walter Rauschenbusch, The Social Principles of Jesus
* 1999 , Josef Škvorecký, Paul Wilson, The Engineer of Human Souls
To fraternize; to socialize.
As an adjective fraternal
is of brothers (fraternal twins ).As a verb fraternalize is
to make fraternal or brotherly; to rid of conflict; to unite.fraternal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ "Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow!" recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.
Synonyms
* brotherlyAntonyms
* sororal * paternal, maternalfraternalize
English
Verb
(fraternaliz)- Christianity has been a great power in our country to cleanse and fraternalize the social life of simple communities.
- It really bothered him to be one of the first musicians who had to play for the Russians after the entry of the fraternalized armies into Prague.