mutuality

[ myoo-choo-al-i-tee ]

/ ˌmyu tʃuˈæl ɪ ti /

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noun

condition or quality of being mutual; reciprocity; mutual dependence.

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Origin of mutuality

First recorded in 1580–90; mutual + -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM mutuality

non·mu·tu·al·i·ty, noun

Words nearby mutuality

mutual inductance, mutual induction, mutual insurance, mutual insurance company, mutualism, mutuality, mutualize, mutually, mutually exclusive, mutual savings bank, mutuel

How to use mutuality in a sentence

What matters is mutuality, and for that you need transparency and agreement.
Carolyn Hax: Left behind at the holidays? Start setting your life’s itinerary.|Carolyn Hax|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
But it was tempered with reminders of the need for mutuality, for interdependence.
No More Mr. Eloquent|Simon Schama|January 20, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Another element in a contract is mutuality, a meeting of minds in the same sense.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
As soon as this mutuality is broken the habitual criteria of the real again become operative.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin

There was a mutuality of interest or a unity of Brown and the cause of Freedom.
John Brown, Soldier of Fortune|Hill Peebles Wilson
The secret of true Marriage is in mutuality of character, harmony of sentiment and action, congeniality of spirit.
Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women|George Sumner Weaver
Our few exclamatory words revealed the mutuality of the thoughts in which we rested from our common sufferings.
The Lily of the Valley|Honore de Balzac