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I am reading the following article:

Nelson, T., Maxfield, S., & Kolb, D. (2009). Women entrepreneurs and venture capital: Managing the shadow negotiation. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 1(1), 57–76. https://doi.org/10.1108/17566260910942345

One of the persons interviewed in the article said

For Jenny: (Among men with a certain, shared background), There is a certain uberbond.

What does "uberbond" mean? I searched on Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, Merriam-Webster dictionary with no avail

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    Probably not a real word, but uber "is used before nouns to mean "extreme" or "extremely good or successful":
    – Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 18:55
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    You see the word 'uberbond' used in science-fiction scenarios involving telepathy, mind-contact, etc, for example "the ‘uberbond’ that Akela’s looking for will be more of a telepathic hivemind entity"
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 18:58

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uberbond may not actually exist outside of Sci-Fi, but...

uber can be...

...used before nouns to mean "extreme" or "extremely good or successful":

-Cambridge

although it might be better hyphenated as uber-bond. It is a loanword from German, and first usage in English possibly dates back to ubermensch as described by Nietzche in Thus spake Zarusthra (1883).

In your case, I would interpret uberbond to be a kind of 'male bonding' situation, or a "us and them" mentality as seen in Boy Scouts, the military, fraternities, social lodges such as the Moose, or even the Masons.

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    @Rattler - "ubermensch as described by Nietzche in Thus spake Zarusthra (1883)." The term got popular in certain quarters a few decades later.
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 19:58
  • What, I shudder to imagine, is an unterbond?
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 20:42

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