support group

English

Noun

support group (plural support groups)

1. A group of nonprofessional people who support each other over a problem which all members share.

   If you can't stay sober, you need a support group like Alcoholics Anonymous.

   • 2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Its heroes are the women who meet in support groups and through Facebook; who talk openly about ruined sex lives and medical horrors; who come out to picket shareholder meetings and industry conferences.

Translations

group that supports each other

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 互助組／互助组 (hùzhùzǔ), 互助组 (zh) (hùzhùzǔ)

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• Finnish: tukiryhmä, oma-apuryhmä, vertaisryhmä
• French: groupe de parole (fr) m
• Romanian: grup de sprijin n, grup de suport