support group en · NOUN
Meanings
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A group of people who informally support each other over a problem which all of its members share.
If you can't stay sober, you need a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous.
Its heroes are the women who meet in support groups and through Facebook; who talk openly about ruined sex lives and medical horrors; who come out to picket shareholder meetings and industry conferences.
2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| support groups | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
de Selbsthilfegruppe (group of people who support each other) · nl praatgroep (group of people who support each other) · fi oma-apuryhmä (group of people who support each other) · nl steungroep (group of people who support each other) · fi vertaisryhmä (group of people who support each other) · fr groupe de parole (group of people who support each other) · ro grup de suport (group of people who support each other) · ro grup de sprijin (group of people who support each other) · fi tukiryhmä (group of people who support each other) · pl grupa wsparcia (group of people who support each other) · cmn 互助組 /互助组 (group of people who support each other)