comradeship

[kom-rad-ship, -ruhd-]

noun

1. the state of being companions, associates, or friends, especially ones who share activities, an occupation, etc..

   It was more than love or romance; it was about friendship, comradeship, and having a solid foundation for a lifelong relationship—and I loved reading about it.

2. friendship inspired by shared experiences, especially negative or difficult ones.

   The film brings to vivid life the deadly beauty of the desert, the harsh environment, and the resulting strong bonds of comradeship and interdependence forged between the characters.

Other Word Forms

• precomradeship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of comradeship¹

comrade ( def. ) + -ship ( def. )

Example Sentences

It inspired his themes—war, fear, mutilation, endurance, courage, comradeship and death—and his laconic and stoical, virile and aggressive heroes.

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Mr Lemon joined the Royal Engineers, and said he still remembered the "comradeship".

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Sam glimpses the joy and nobility of comradeship and thus begins her quest to save, if not the entire world, then her personal piece of it.

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But Cdr Gray added that the crew had responded to the emergency "exactly the way I needed them to" and "acted with commitment, with comradeship and, above all, with courage".

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"There's lots of comradeship, it's an electric sort of atmosphere."

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