Association.
Synonyms:
| alliance, | confederacy, | familiarity, | lodge, |
| club, | confederation, | federation, | participation, |
| community, | conjunction, | fellowship, | partnership, |
| companionship, | connection, | fraternity, | society, |
| company, | corporation, | friendship, | union. |
We speak of an alliance of nations, a club of pleasure-seekers, a community of Shakers, a company of soldiers or of friends, a confederacy, confederation, federation, or union of separate states under one general government, a partnership or company of business men, a conjunction of planets. The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge. A corporation or company is formed for purposes of business; an association or society (tho also incorporated) is for learning, literature, benevolence, religion, etc. Compare ASSOCIATE; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.
Antonyms:
disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude.
Prepositions:
An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.