A doctrine or system emphasizing brotherhood, communal solidarity, and mutual support among members of a society or group.
From 'fraternal' with the suffix '-ism,' indicating a systematic philosophy or movement. Similar to fraternalism, emphasizing ideological commitment to brotherhood.
Fraternism was particularly popular in 19th-century worker movements where laborers created their own versions of 'fraternism'—building mutual aid societies and cooperatives based on the principle that workers were brothers and sisters bound by shared economic struggle.
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