RECIPROCALITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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 ("reciprocality" 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 "reciprocality"):

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)