as in reciprocity
the state of having a relation to or connection with or being necessarily reliant upon something else
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Modern theories like genetics, relativity, and Big Bang cosmology, as well as concepts in chemistry, geoscience, physiology, linguistics, and psychology were all suppressed.
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Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The discovery of relativity and quantum physics has demonstrated that nature at high speeds and small distances behaves in ways very foreign to our sensory perceptions.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
About now is when someone brings up the theory of relativity, and starts talking about how the past, the future—these are just other points in space-time, as real as the now.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Only through hard work to understand and unpack new discoveries do their full benefits become clear, and that can take decades, as with how Einstein’s theory of relativity (published from 1905 to 1915) eventually enabled GPS technology.
—Steven R. Furlanetto, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
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Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The discovery of relativity and quantum physics has demonstrated that nature at high speeds and small distances behaves in ways very foreign to our sensory perceptions.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
About now is when someone brings up the theory of relativity, and starts talking about how the past, the future—these are just other points in space-time, as real as the now.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Only through hard work to understand and unpack new discoveries do their full benefits become clear, and that can take decades, as with how Einstein’s theory of relativity (published from 1905 to 1915) eventually enabled GPS technology.
—Steven R. Furlanetto, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for relativity
reciprocity
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Yet their rise could erode the norm of reciprocity a little, too.—
Julie Beck,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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In April, Brazil ended visa-free travel for citizens of the US, Canada, and Australia, citing a lack of reciprocity.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Relativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/relativity. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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