emotional bond

collocation in English

meaningsofemotionalandbond

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emotional
adjective
uk
/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən.əl/us
/ɪˈmoʊ.ʃən.əl/
relating to ...
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bond
noun
uk
/bɒnd/us
/bɑːnd/
a close connection joining two or ...
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(Definition ofemotionalandbondfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They saw it as reciprocating for the love and affection they had shared with a spouse with whom they still felt anemotionalbond.
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Yet, as seen above, demographic innovators are the least likely to have their primaryemotionalbondwith their children.
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Fraternity and solidarity, in contrast, presume a compassionateemotionalbond; they require us to see and feel the suffering of others.
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To suggest otherwise is to undermine theemotionalbondbetween virility and personhood, between heroic performance and national identity.
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One function of early infant crying may be to bring the infant and parent together repeatedly in this emotionally charged situation, fostering anemotionalbond.
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Attachment theory specifies certain fundamental mechanisms of social interaction that promote an exclusiveemotionalbondbetween individuals.
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Children'semotionalbondwith their own first names is often used by caregivers to introduce them to literacy.
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I share with him anemotionalbondwith the coal industry because my family has been involved in it for many generations.
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Theemotionalbondstarts to increase from the moment that those movements are felt.
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The deepemotionalbondthat it feels for a police service that it sees as its own must change, because it is not that community's police service.
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The gameplay is designed to foster anemotionalbondbetween the player and their creatures.
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This generates enthusiasm andemotionalbondbetween families and its members.
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Attachment can be defined as a deep and enduringemotionalbondthat connects one person to another across time and space.
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The marriage fails, with hardly anyemotionalbondbetween the couple.
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According to attachment theory, the child forms a strongemotionalbondwith caregivers during childhood with lifelong consequences.
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The two women do not know each other, and yet they share a mysterious andemotionalbondthat transcends language and geography.
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The groups self-portrait specifies the distinction from the others, the own value system and the individualsemotionalbondwith the community.
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It usually takes the form of a large, humanoid robot roughly 20 ft tall fueled by theemotionalbondbetween the robot and the owner.
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The shared experience created a deepemotionalbondbetween the two, though their different ages created awkward feelings between them.
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What is the impact of filial norms, opportunity structures and emotional bonds on the inter-generational support provided by adult children to older parents across societies?
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