affiliate
verb (used with object)
to bring into close association or connection of action or interest: You can download resources to affiliate your event with our fundraising campaign.
affiliative
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a word derived from
affiliate.
Example Sentences
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"We found that individuals in one group -- AK -- display significantly more affiliative behaviors than in the two other groups, and this difference was stable over 9 years of study," Kerjean says.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023
Intriguingly, SuperAgers also have an abundance of a special type of brain cell known as von Economo neurons, which are believed to be important for social affiliative behaviors.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
Angelica is "affiliative and dependent," traumatized and anxious, the psychologist writes.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2022
“It’s what we biologists call an affiliative gesture,” Dr. Garcia said.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2013
“Males had high rates of affiliative behaviors, and low-ranking males were subject to low rates of aggressive attack and subordination by high-ranking males,” wrote the authors.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2012
