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Revision as of 13:09, 24 January 2006 by Sadi Carnot (talk | contribs) (started stub)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The term human bond, or more generally human bonding, referring to the process or formation of a close personal relationship, as between a mother and child, especially through frequent or constant association. The concept of nuclear family or bonded unit or two parents plus one or more children was coined by American anthropologist George Murdock in his 1949 work “Social Structure”. According to Merriam-Webster, the application of the term “bonding” to interpersonal relationships came of use in 1976. The concept of “male bonding” refers to bonding between males through shared activities excluding females or the formation of a close personal relationship between men; for example: "the rituals known as male bonding do not necessarily involve drinking beer together".
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- Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary © 2000.
- Online Etymology Dictionary
- WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University