reciprocity
noun
a reciprocal state or relation.
reciprocities
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pluralof reciprocity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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These kinds of resonances and reciprocities can allow a story to jump between elements without the need for novelistic bridge passages.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2014
We may live in a world of technological prowess, but we are still creatures guided by ancient reciprocities.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2012
The great American metaphysician Chuck Jones discerned some years ago that the universe operates in sequences of violent Newtonian reciprocities.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I have not much more to tell you,” went on the Spaniard after those little reciprocities between him and the captain.
From Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant by John B. Greene
There are reciprocities and special sympathies in such a relation; mysterious affinities they used to be called, divinations of private congruity.
From The Tragic Muse by Henry James
