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Sympathy
Định nghĩa
Feeling compassion towards someone due to the hardships they are facing
Empathy
Helping someone out while they are experiencing hardships
"similarity begets friendship"
Plato's idea from the play Phaedrus that we love others who are like ourselves
Childhood
Where many friendships are made, due to the many similarities that kids have with each other
Reciprocation
Returning favours for others
Trust
Willing to rely on one-another
Proximity
Being close to one-another in place, time or in a relationship
Propinquity
The physical or psychological proximity between people
"repeated, unplanned interactions"
Seeing other people randomly at places consistently
Dependency
Being dependent on a friend
Imaginary Friend
When a friendship takes place in one's imagination
BFF
'Best Friend Forever'
Mutual Friend
A person who is the friend of two people who may or may not know each other
Bromance
A close but non-sexual relationship between two men
Womance
A close but non-sexual relationship between two women
Frenemy
A person with whom one is friendly despite a dislike for the person
Critical friend
Someone who agrees to speak truthfully, but constructively, about weaknesses, problems, and emotionally charged issues
Six Degrees of Separation
The idea that any human being on this planet can be connected to another through a maximum of 6 friends
Homosociality
Same-sex relationships that are not romantic or sexual
Dunbar number
The maximum number of relationships a person can maintain, which is 150, coined by Robin Dunbar