Frenemies

Английский

Морфологические и синтаксические свойства

ед. ч.	мн. ч.
Frenemiey	Frenemieies

frenemy

Существительное.

Произношение

• МФА: ед. ч. [ˈfreː.nə.mi], мн. ч. [ˈfreː.nə.mɪz]

Семантические свойства

Значение

1. Отдельные дихотомические отношения, в которых вовлеченные стороны взаимодействуют иногда как лучшие друзья, а в других случаях как худшие враги в постоянном, вечном цикле. Этот термин используется для описания личных, геополитических и коммерческих отношений как между отдельными лицами, так и группами или учреждениями. Этот термин также описывает конкурентную дружбу.

◆ The office is full of frenemies.

Синонимы:

1. arch-enemy
2. foe
3. double-crosser

Антонимы:

1. best friend
2. a friend in need is a friend indeed
3. crony

Гиперонимы:

1. opponent

Гипонимы:

1. rivals

Родственные слова

Ближайшее родство
существительные: friend; enemy местоимения: them and us

Этимология

От англ. friend; enemy «друг; враг».

Translations

• French: ennemi ^(fr)
• French: meilleur ennemi ^(fr)

Фразеологизмы и устойчивые сочетания

• them and us
• A fair-weather friend who is also a rival.

Библиография

A Businessweek article stated that frenemies in the workplace are common, even in business to business partnerships.Due to increasingly informal environments and the "abundance of very close, intertwined relationships that bridge people's professional and personal lives ... [while] it certainly wasn't unheard of for people to socialize with colleagues in the past, the sheer amount of time that people spend at work now has left a lot of people with less time and inclination to develop friendships outside of the office." Professional relationships are successful when two or more business partners come together and benefit from one another, but personal relationships require more common interests outside of business. Relationships in the workplace, in a sports club, or any place that involves performance comparing, form because of the commonalities between persons. Due to the intense environment, competitiveness can evolve into envy and strain a relationship. Frenemy type relationships become routine and common because of the shared interest of business dealings or competition.

Sigmund Freud said of himself that “an intimate friend and a hated enemy have always been indispensable to my emotional life…not infrequently…friend and enemy have coincided in the same person”.