brotherliness

1 3.9

Friendly, kind, and supportive feeling between people like close family members

noun
/ˈbrʌðərlɪnəs/

: hermandad

The team spirit was filled with brotherliness, as everyone encouraged each other to do their best.

Examples

In our community, brotherliness is essential, helping us support one another during difficult times.
The Faith in People Scale (Rosenberg, 1957) assessed an individual's belief in the honesty, goodness, trustworthiness, generosity, and brotherliness of others in general.

Academic text (1994)
He showed a great deal of brotherliness by volunteering at the shelter and helping those in need.

Synonyms

good will

vsbrotherliness

53 1.9

A friendly, helpful feeling toward other people

focuses this support as the warm bond like that between siblings

togetherness

vsbrotherliness

20 3.4

A feeling of closeness and support between people

is similar but frames support as the warm loyalty found between siblings

friendliness

vsbrotherliness

14 1.0

A kind and pleasant way of treating other people

adds a specific sense of supportive, sibling-style loyalty to that general warmth

brotherly love

vsbrotherliness

14 3.1

A kind, caring feeling toward other people as if they were your brothers

is about a friendly supportive attitude resembling sibling care rather than deep affection

congeniality

vsbrotherliness

8 6.5

Being pleasant and friendly so people enjoy your company

focuses more on active support and loyalty like family rather than just pleasantness

comradeship

vsbrotherliness

3 4.9

A feeling of friendship and trust among people who spend a lot of time together

is more about warm, supportive feeling similar to family ties than group bonding

cordiality

vsbrotherliness

2 5.7

Warm friendly behavior that makes people feel welcome

is similar but stresses a supportive, sibling-style emotional bond rather than formality

comradery

vsbrotherliness

2 5.3

A feeling of trust and friendship between people who spend time together

is closer to a familial supportive attitude rather than just shared-group trust

geniality

vsbrotherliness

1 5.5

A friendly, cheerful way that makes people feel welcome

adds a deeper, supportive loyalty element typical of sibling relations

good-neighborliness

vsbrotherliness

1 3.7

A friendly, helpful way people treat others who live near them

is broader, expressing a family-like supportive feeling not limited to neighbours

kindliness

vsbrotherliness

1 3.2

Being friendly, generous, and caring to other people

leans more toward a mutual, sibling-like support feeling than mere kindness

towardness

vsbrotherliness

Archaic

1 8.9

A friendly, helpful way of behaving toward other people

adds a particular sense of supportive, sibling-style loyalty beyond general helpfulness

comradeliness

vsbrotherliness

7.5

A friendly, sociable feeling among people who share a common goal

places more weight on mutual, family-style support rather than general sociability

amicableness

vsbrotherliness

7.7

A friendly, pleasant way of acting that avoids quarrels

is more about active support and caring like within a family bond

Antonyms

hostility

120 4.7

Unfriendly or angry actions and feelings toward someone

indifference

66 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

How Brotherly

protectiveness

3 3.9

devotion

43 3.2

brotherliness

1 3.9

warmth

62 1.0

friendliness

14 1.0

Surface Forms

brotherliness singular

brotherlinesses plural

Morphology

brotherliness = brotherly (transparent) = brother + ly + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the transparent adjective 'brotherly' (brother + -ly), giving the clear meaning 'the quality of being brotherly'.

Etymology

Brotherliness comes from the common word brother plus the endings -ly and -ness, where -ness means 'a state or quality'. So, brotherliness means the 'quality of being like a brother', friendly, kind, and ready to help others.