bonding
bon ding
- n a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)
- n (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel
- n fastening firmly together
- v stick to firmly
- v create social or emotional ties
- v issue bonds on
- v bring together in a common cause or emotion
- No widely accepted diagnostic criteria exist to identify Stockholm syndrome also known as terror-bonding or traumatic bonding and critics insist its apparent prevalence is .
- Father-daughter bonding is great, the critics agree--but wouldn't a cooking class or a soccer game be emotionally healthier than a ceremony freighted with rings and roses and vows?.
- Because bonding makes two-faced suits and coats possible, designers may soon be turning themselves inside out to give customers two costumes in one.