Reciprocity
[,resɪ'prɒsɪtɪ] or [,rɛsɪ'prɑsəti]
Definition
(n.) Mutual action and reaction.
(n.) Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.
Checker: Wilbur
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Interchange, reciprocation, exchange.
Editor: Segre
Examples
- Now, sir, said Mr. Guppy, I have got into that state of mind myself that I wish for a reciprocity of magnanimous behaviour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Our own distresses, though they were occasioned by the fictitious reciprocity of commerce, encreased in due proportion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then Egdon was aroused to reciprocity; for the storm was its lover, and the wind its friend. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- This illustration (whose point is to be extended to all associations lacking reciprocity of interest) brings us to our second point. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Editor: Lora