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Also known as fraternizing, fraternising

Fraternization (from Latin frater meaning "brother") is the act of establishing intimate relations between people or groups. It is generally used to refer to establishing relations that are considered unethical, controversial, problematic, or illegal. In many institutional contexts (such as militaries, diplomatic corps, parliaments, prisons, law enforcement or police, schools, sports teams, gangs and corporations) fraternization transgresses legal, moral, or professional norms forbidding certain categories of social contact across socially or legally defined classes.

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Une fraternisation est un cas où, durant un conflit civil ou armé, des membres de partis opposés cessent les hostilités à la suite d'un renversement des convictions de l'un des deux camps ou de l'accord sur un but commun. Également dénommée fraternisation avec l'ennemi, les autorités militaires considèrent la plupart du temps les fraternisations comme des cas de mutinerie.

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