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 Words From

• pre·com·rade·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of comradeship¹

comrade ( def ) + -ship ( def )

Example Sentences

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".

From BBC

The plot develops in this vaguely Faustian way, always with the threat of incipient catastrophe, and it allows Torres to get at something not often seen in these art-world movies — an entitled hauteur that also, somehow, contains an invitation for comradeship.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Reuters

In a phone interview, Guo, who is also a memoirist, said she and Levy “shared a comradeship as mothers, trying to maintain a certain degree of freedom while raising kids,” adding that Levy “has this great quality of improvising life.”

From New York Times

During his relatively short time in office he has looked for ways to inhabit that bipartisan comradeship inhabited on the show and untangle the political knot that has been immigration.

From Los Angeles Times