mutuality

noun

Definition of mutualitynext
as in intimacy

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Recent Examples of mutuality Replace hierarchy with reciprocity At the heart of the Volunteering Reconnected movement lies a shift in mindset, from charity to mutuality. — Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025 This might clarify the mutuality of the practice, as well as its importance. — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025 In these grounding—and grounded—spaces, strength comes not from mastery but mutuality, and healing happens side-by-side. — Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025 Allow the tension to build, but also allow space for mutuality. — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutuality
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutuality
  1. intimacy
  2. friendship
  3. cordiality
  4. familiarity
  5. inseparability
  6. belonging
  7. nearness
Noun
  • That creates a natural intimacy between players, coaches, staff and the city that surrounds it.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The film centers on Leo and Anne, whose relationship becomes caught in a cycle of attraction and separation as the boundaries between intimacy and dependence, care and control and presence and absence steadily begin to collapse.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of intimacy
Noun
  • After the Victoria’s Secret fashion show came under fire in 2018, reports emerged of a close friendship between the company’s owner, Les Wexner, and Jeffrey Epstein.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Governments on both sides of the Channel have hailed its loan as a symbol of a Franco-British friendship.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of friendship
Noun
  • The cordiality and handsome looks of the dining room are exquisite reminders of elaborate Milanese design.
    — John Mariani, Forbes.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Indianapolis didn't crack Nextdoor's list of the 20 friendliest cities in Indiana, but its separate ranking of neighborhoods in the Indy metro area finds plenty of cordiality in Central Indiana.
    — Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of cordiality
Noun
  • Some of that will come simply from familiarity with Denver’s offense.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And so many comments assumed familiarity with the context for everyone else.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of familiarity
Noun
  • Pinney’s bold and free conception of how a drama is constituted, and its inseparability from time and memory, displays a rare associative virtuosity.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
  • Our understanding of this divine inseparability brings healing, redemption, renewal.
    — Lynn G. Jackson, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of inseparability
Noun
  • Rifling through the belongings of her great-aunt Jet (Wiest) for a spell to save Gideon, Kylie finds the Book of Ravens, which cryptically hints at an incantation that might break the Owens’ love curse.
    — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
  • On Monday, Fort Smith Police Officer Jonathan Mounts and his family lost their home and belongings in a house fire, according to a Facebook post from the Fort Smith Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of belonging
Noun
  • This can be blamed on the nearness of the fires (north of the Minnesota arrowhead region) and the shear number and size of fires in that area.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 17 July 2026
  • The nearness of the zealous asteroid Eris in Aries adds a touch of drama and intensity to the cosmic atmosphere.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 10 June 2026
Definition of nearness

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“Mutuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutuality. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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