good-neighbourliness
Noun: A disposition or policy of being friendly, cooperative, and helpful toward one's neighbors. It refers to the quality of maintaining positive and constructive relations with those living nearby or, by extension, with neighboring countries or communities.
The term describes a principle of behavior or a state of relations characterized by mutual respect, consideration, and assistance between neighbors. It is often used in social, community, and diplomatic contexts. - The community festival was organized to promote good-neighbourliness among the new residents. - The treaty was founded on principles of mutual respect and good-neighbourliness.
- International Relations: The concept is frequently applied to foreign policy, describing the ideal conduct between neighboring nations.
- The two countries signed a pact of friendship and good-neighbourliness.
- As a Guiding Principle: It can be presented as an abstract ideal for community living.
- The mayor spoke about the importance of good-neighbourliness for a harmonious city.
- Good-neighborliness: The primary alternative spelling, particularly in American English.
- Neighborliness (noun): The general quality of being friendly and helpful to neighbors. While similar, "good-neighbourliness" often implies a more formal or principled commitment.
- Good-neighbor (adjective, as in "good-neighbor policy"): Used attributively to describe policies or actions based on this principle.
- Amity: A friendly relationship.
- Comity: Courtesy and considerate behavior toward others; especially, the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another.
- Friendliness: The quality of being kind and pleasant.
- Cooperativeness: Willingness to cooperate.
- Spirit of good-neighbourliness: Emphasizes the attitude or intention behind actions.
- The aid was offered in a true spirit of good-neighbourliness.
- Principle of good-neighbourliness: Highlights it as a formal rule or standard.
- The agreement upholds the principle of good-neighbourliness in shared water resources.
While not a phrasal verb, the concept is central to the idiom: - Good fences make good neighbors: This proverb suggests that clear boundaries and mutual respect (a form of good-neighbourliness) prevent disputes. - They built a fence along the property line, believing that good fences make good neighbors.
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a disposition to be friendly and helpful to neighbors
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