mutuality
- noun
- /ˌmjuːtʃuˈælɪti/
- In successful partnerships, mutuality is key, as both parties share equally in the decision-making process.
- relationship of mutuality
- mutuality and reciprocity
- mutuality of interests
Healthy people have healthy rules, communication, boundaries, respect, mutuality and compassion in their relationships.
- Healthy people have healthy rules, communication, boundaries, respect, mutuality and compassion in their relationships.
Examples
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In addition, the mutuality inherent to the traditional ethos was constantly reinforced by the nature of rural life.
Academic text (2001) -
The mutuality of social interaction between teachers and learners is fundamental to building meaning through dialogue.
Academic text (2015) -
Both of these guys look at each other and recognize the mutuality of their condition.
Fiction book (1995) -
In Los Angeles, we sometimes get the rush of mutuality, but occasionally things just shut down.
Blog text (8) -
There used to be a mutuality of understanding, admiration between us, Henry.
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Hearing with our hearts and speaking from our hearts are the indispensable requirements of mutuality.
Academic text (1995) -
There is something about the mutuality of movie taste, shared celluloid pleasure, that cements like nothing else.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her Asianness could provide, on some occasions, a basis for mutuality between the two exiles in the United States.
Academic text (1996) -
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny.
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We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
A situation where people or things depend on each other
How people and things are joined and relate to each other
The way things are linked and affect each other
A situation where two or more things need each other to work
A connection where two or more things affect each other
How closely people or things connect to each other
A close connection between things that makes them affect each other
A state when two people share the same feeling and act the same way
Mutual giving and receiving between people or groups
A relationship where two or more things change together
Two or more things exist together and depend on each other
Antonyms
How Mutual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mutuality comes from the Latin word mutuus, which meant 'given in return' and is the same root as mutual, so imagine two people giving things back to each other. So mutuality means something shared or returned between people.