brotherliness
- noun
- /ˈbrʌðərlɪnəs/
- The team spirit was filled with brotherliness, as everyone encouraged each other to do their best.
Examples
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In our community, brotherliness is essential, helping us support one another during difficult times.
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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
A feeling of closeness and support between people
A kind and pleasant way of treating other people
A friendly, helpful feeling toward other people
Being pleasant and friendly so people enjoy your company
A kind, caring feeling toward other people as if they were your brothers
A feeling of friendship and trust among people who spend a lot of time together
Warm friendly behavior that makes people feel welcome
A friendly, cheerful way that makes people feel welcome
Being friendly, generous, and caring to other people
A feeling of trust and friendship between people who spend time together
A friendly, sociable feeling among people who share a common goal
A friendly, pleasant way of acting that avoids quarrels
A friendly, helpful way people treat others who live near them
A friendly, helpful way of behaving toward other people
Antonyms
How Brotherly
Surface Forms
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.