RECIPROCITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does reciprocity mean?
• RECIPROCITY (noun)
The noun RECIPROCITY has 2 senses:
1. a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
2. mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
Familiarity information: RECIPROCITY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RECIPROCITY (noun)
Meaning:
A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
reciprocality; reciprocity
Hypernyms ("reciprocity" 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 "reciprocity"):
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 a reciprocal relation to something else)
Meaning:
Mutual exchange of commercial or other privileges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reciprocity" is a kind of...):
give-and-take; interchange; reciprocation (mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information))
