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RECIPROCITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reciprocity" is a kind of...):
give-and-take; interchange; reciprocation (mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information))
Derivation:
reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
Synonyms:
reciprocality; reciprocity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("reciprocity" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reciprocity"):
complementarity (the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other)
correlation; correlativity (a reciprocal relation between two or more things)
interdependence; interdependency; mutuality (a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups))
mutuality; mutualness (a reciprocality of sentiments)
reciprocal (something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else)
Derivation:
reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)
