bonding
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈbɒndɪŋ/
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vínculo afectivo
- Spending Saturday afternoons together created a special bonding experience for the family.
- parental bonding
- mother-infant bonding
- pair bonding
And once devaluing starts, the trauma bonding process slowly kicks in.
- And once devaluing starts, the trauma bonding process slowly kicks in.
- No, it's just a trauma bonding reaction, guys.
- The the sense of intense bonding I get with my wife is fucking crazy.
- And and again, I think that pair bonding is our most common format.
- They have similar kind of emotions and bonding and eye contact and all the rest.
- So it's goal setting, bonding so much there.
- And Miles said no bonding for me, Thanks.
Examples
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You guys, my weirdo dad locked us in here for a fun night of family bonding and shut the Internet off, so this isn't live, but check it out.
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The importance of bonding and supportive relationships for resiliency is also suggested by animal studies.
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It's again this, OK, this is a bonding moment, right?
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A little quality family bonding time.
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Enough of this male bonding thing.
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It's time for more family bonding.
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I think we need some real mother-daughter bonding time.
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Sport is one of the most significant institutions of male bonding and male initiation rites.
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Intimacy and trust are required in the bonding process and are found in touch (Kilcoyne, 1991).
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Once again, the interracial bonding occurs between a Puerto Rican woman and an Anglo-Saxon man.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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1.8
A close emotional or romantic connection between two people
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1.0
A close relationship between people who like and support each other
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4.2
A close loving relationship where people share personal feelings
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3.3
A strong feeling of liking and caring for someone or something
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2.8
A close connection between two people with feelings and trust
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5.5
A friendly, trusting relationship where people understand each other and talk easily
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2.8
A warm emotional relationship between people who trust each other
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3.4
A feeling of closeness and support between people
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2.8
A close connection between people with trust and care
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3.4
A strong feeling of closeness between people or toward a place
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4.8
How people and things are joined and relate to each other
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3.4
A deep, lasting connection between people or animals
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4.0
A connection between people that involves feelings or friendship
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7.8
A strong friendship and trust that makes people help each other
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7.8
A close emotional connection with someone that shows deep understanding
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An emotional tie between a mother and her baby that starts after birth
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bonding comes from the old verb bind, which means 'to tie' or 'join'. Think of people being 'tied' together by care and time, and you can see why bonding means forming a close emotional relationship.