reciprocity

reciprocity

English

Etymology

From French réciprocité

Noun

reciprocity (countable and uncountable, plural reciprocities)

1. The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.

   In a friendship, reciprocity occurs where the contribution of each party meets the expectations of the other party.

2. A reciprocal relationship.
3. A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.
4. (grammar) A reciprocal construction involves two noun phrases where each of the participants occupies both the role of agent and patient with respect to the other. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocal pronoun.
5. (international law) The mutual exchange of rights, privileges or obligations between nations. see: Wikipedia:Reciprocity (international relations).
6. (psychology) The responses of individuals to the actions of others.

Derived terms

• ethic of reciprocity

Related terms

• reciprocality

Translations

the state or quality of being reciprocal

Catalan: reciprocitat f Chinese: Mandarin: 对等 (zh) Finnish: vastavuoroisuus (fi) French: réciprocité (fr) f German: Gegenseitigkeit (de) f, Reziprozität (de) f, Umkehrbarkeit f Greek: αμοιβαιότητα (el) f (amoivaiótita) Hebrew: הֲדָדִיּוּת‎ f (hadadiut)

Indonesian: kesalingan (id) Lithuanian: savitarpis m Norwegian: Bokmål: gjensidighet m or f Romanian: reciprocitate (ro) f Russian: взаи́мность (ru) f (vzaímnostʹ) Spanish: reciprocidad f Volapük: rezip (vo)