SOCIAL INTERCOURSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social intercourse mean? 

• SOCIAL INTERCOURSE (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL INTERCOURSE has 1 sense:

1. communication between individuals

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL INTERCOURSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL INTERCOURSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communication between individuals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

intercourse; social intercourse

Hypernyms ("social intercourse" is a kind of...):

intercommunication (mutual communication; communication with each other)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social intercourse"):

communion; sharing (sharing thoughts and feelings)

 Context examples 

Emma could not like what bordered on a reflection on Mr. Weston, and had half a mind to take it up; but she struggled, and let it pass. She would keep the peace if possible; and there was something honourable and valuable in the strong domestic habits, the all-sufficiency of home to himself, whence resulted her brother's disposition to look down on the common rate of social intercourse, and those to whom it was important.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)