idiom
weak ties
WEEK TYES
wiːk taɪzListen
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weakties
Dictionary meaning
acquaintances and loose social connections as opposed to close friendships; sociologist Mark Granovetter's landmark 1973 paper demonstrated that weak ties are paradoxically more valuable than strong ties for accessing new information, job leads, and novel opportunities, because acquaintances move in different social circles and therefore carry non-redundant information that close friends typically do not possess
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