MUTUALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mutuality mean? 

• MUTUALITY (noun)
  The noun MUTUALITY has 2 senses:

1. a reciprocality of sentiments

2. a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)

  Familiarity information: MUTUALITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUTUALITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reciprocality of sentiments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

mutuality; mutualness

Context example:

the mutuality of their affection was obvious

Hypernyms ("mutuality" is a kind of...):

reciprocality; reciprocity (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)

Derivation:

mutual (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)

mutual (common to or shared by two or more parties)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

interdependence; interdependency; mutuality

Hypernyms ("mutuality" is a kind of...):

reciprocality; reciprocity (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutuality"):

commensalism (the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it)

parasitism (the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage))

mutualism; symbiosis (the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other)

sharing (having in common)

sharing (using or enjoying something jointly with others)

Derivation:

mutual (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)

mutual (common to or shared by two or more parties)