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COMPLEMENTARITY

• COMPLEMENTARITY (noun)
The noun COMPLEMENTARITY has 2 senses:

1. a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
2. the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other

Familiarity information: COMPLEMENTARITY used as a noun is rare.

• COMPLEMENTARITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("complementarity" is a kind of...):

ungradable opposition (an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

the complementarity of the sexes

Hypernyms ("complementarity" is a kind of...):

reciprocality; reciprocity (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)

"As you make your bed, so you must lie in it."
(English proverb)
"A person is known by the company he keeps."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Birds of a feather flock together."
(Arabic proverb)
"Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, it is and remains an ugly thing."
(Dutch proverb)

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