MUTUALITY Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

mutuality

noun

Definition of mutuality

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

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Noun

That sort of spectacular intimacy is kind of a miracle, in other words.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
The dancer, choreographer, and recent MacArthur Fellow Shamel Pitts creates worlds of almost painful intimacy, in which arduous encounters leave his dancers raw, vulnerable, exhausted.

— Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of intimacy

Noun

Alongside the music, the film deals with family ties, friendship, identity and the search for belonging, against the backdrop of Britain’s shifting culture at the time.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
All this darkness serves only to contrast the beauty—kindness, friendship, love and of course, dogs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of friendship

Noun

There’s apparently a generation coming up with the same kind of familiarity with touch interfaces, so this feature may appeal to them.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Giving teams the tools to customize or create their own agents can turn early familiarity into organization-wide use.

— Steve Cangiano, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of familiarity

Noun

Its final shot, in which Brzeska accepts her role as the keeper of her companion’s legacy, an image that acknowledges the inseparability of their art and life, is breathtaking.

— Juan A. Ramírez, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2026
Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered the Science of Christ that lay behind Jesus’ works and is the unchanging truth of God and our relationship to God, understood this inseparability of God and man, His creation.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of inseparability

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

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