intimacy
noun
the state of being intimate.
intimacies
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pluralof intimacy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Jensen, himself a native of western Nebraska, writes insightfully about the intimacies, frustrations and rivalries of such a place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The lines that had once been carved in laws and norms are obsolete in the eyes of an algorithm designed to lure you into the performative intimacies of strangers’ lives.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2025
Each has consequences on the longer-term lifespan of whatever intimacies their characters can scrape out for themselves.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
They hold decades inside them, slowly unpeel into intimacies between characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
He wanted to tell her something about himself, too, wanted to exchange small kernels of intimacies with her.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
