brotherness en · NOUN
Etymology
From brother + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) brotherhood
“Saying this goes against every fiber of my brotherness, but you know what we have to do.” “Knife fight!” “No, we can't hate each other like siblings. We have to hate each other academically. We have to be each other's teachers.” “Well, then look to your left and look to your right, motherfucker, 'cause I'm about to matriculate your ass.”
2020 May 8, Sean O'Connor, “The Lavatic Reactor” (7:45 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone):I do not look to the past for my models of brotherness. The first man who slew his neighbor was the first governor.
1907, Tomorrow Magazine, page 57: