🔄reciprocity (resiprocity)

noun
/ˌrɛsɪˈprɒsɪti/
Reziprozität (reziprozitaet)

Meaning

The practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit.
Mutual exchange, give and take in relationships.
Meaning Translation
Die Praxis, Dinge mit anderen zum gegenseitigen Nutzen auszutauschen.
Die Praxis, Dinge mit anderen zum gegenseitigen Nutzen auszutauschen.

Example Sentences

Friendships are often based on reciprocity and trust.

Freundschaften basieren oft auf Reziprozität und Vertrauen.
Freundschaften basieren oft auf Reziprozitaet und Vertrauen.

Business relationships thrive on reciprocity.

Geschäftsbeziehungen gedeihen durch Gegenseitigkeit.
Geschäftsbeziehungen gedeihen durch Gegenseitigkeit.

The reciprocity in their friendship was admirable.

Die Gegenseitigkeit in ihrer Freundschaft war bewundernswert.
Die Gegenseitigkeit in ihrer Freundschaft war bewundernswert.

Example Expressions

law of reciprocity
Gesetz der Reziprozität
Gesetz der Reziprozitaet

Synonyms

mutuality, exchange, cooperation, give-and-take, interchange, mutual exchange
Entry 1
mutuality, exchange, cooperation, give-and-take, interchange
Entry 2
mutual exchange, cooperation, give-and-take
Entry 3
mutuality, exchange, give-and-take

Antonyms

selfishness, one-sidedness, imbalance, exploitation, unilateralism
Entry 1
selfishness, one-sidedness, imbalance
Entry 2
selfishness, one-sidedness, exploitation
Entry 3
selfishness, unilateralism, one-sidedness

Collocations

principle of reciprocity, reciprocity agreement, reciprocity law, social reciprocity

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