Mutuality

/ˌmjuːtʃuˈæləti/
noun

The quality of being mutual, or shared by both sides.

Their friendship was based on a mutuality of respect and admiration.
Visual representation of "mutuality" - The quality of being mutual, or shared by both sides

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  • mutuality of interest
  • mutuality of respect
noun

In finance, it's when an organization is owned and operated by the people who use its services.

A credit union is an example of financial mutuality where members are also owners.
Visual representation of "mutuality" - In finance, it's when an organization is owned and operated by the people who use its services

Often appears as...

  • mutuality in business
  • financial mutuality

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noun

The quality of being mutual, or shared by both sides.

Their friendship was based on a mutuality of respect and admiration.
Visual representation of "mutuality" - The quality of being mutual, or shared by both sides

Often appears as...

  • mutuality of interest
  • mutuality of respect
noun

In finance, it's when an organization is owned and operated by the people who use its services.

A credit union is an example of financial mutuality where members are also owners.
Visual representation of "mutuality" - In finance, it's when an organization is owned and operated by the people who use its services

Often appears as...

  • mutuality in business
  • financial mutuality

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Technical

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Mutual Benefit

Think of 'mutuality' as a two-way street where both parties gain something positive.

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The mutuality in their business dealings ensured a long-term partnership.
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Common Interests

'Mutuality' often involves shared interests or goals that provide a reason for people to cooperate.

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The committee was formed on the basis of mutuality of interests in environmental issues.
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Emotional Connection

'Mutuality' can also refer to strong emotional bonds, emphasizing equal feelings or attitudes.

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They enjoyed a mutuality of affection that made their relationship special.
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Mutual Benefit

Think of 'mutuality' as a two-way street where both parties gain something positive.

Illustration for Mutual Benefit
The mutuality in their business dealings ensured a long-term partnership.
LampPro Tip 2/3

Common Interests

'Mutuality' often involves shared interests or goals that provide a reason for people to cooperate.

Illustration for Common Interests
The committee was formed on the basis of mutuality of interests in environmental issues.
LampPro Tip 3/3

Emotional Connection

'Mutuality' can also refer to strong emotional bonds, emphasizing equal feelings or attitudes.

Illustration for Emotional Connection
They enjoyed a mutuality of affection that made their relationship special.
LampPro Tip 1/3

Mutual Benefit

Think of 'mutuality' as a two-way street where both parties gain something positive.

Illustration for Mutual Benefit
The mutuality in their business dealings ensured a long-term partnership.
LampPro Tip 2/3

Common Interests

'Mutuality' often involves shared interests or goals that provide a reason for people to cooperate.

Illustration for Common Interests
The committee was formed on the basis of mutuality of interests in environmental issues.
LampPro Tip 3/3

Emotional Connection

'Mutuality' can also refer to strong emotional bonds, emphasizing equal feelings or attitudes.

Illustration for Emotional Connection
They enjoyed a mutuality of affection that made their relationship special.
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Kare Anderson: Be an...

Remember, I was young then. So what did they do? What we still do perhaps too often. We talk about ourselves. And yet there are other people I observed who had what I called a mutuality mindset.

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Kare Anderson: Be an...

Remember, I was young then. So what did they do? What we still do perhaps too often. We talk about ourselves. And yet there are other people I observed who had what I called a mutuality mindset.

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Pope Benedict XVI

German Clergyman

Certainly a sort of industrial use of creatures, so that geese are fed in such a way as to produce as large a liver as possible, or hens live so packed together that they become just caricatures of birds, this degrading of living creatures to a commodity seems to me in fact to contradict the relationship of mutuality that comes across in the Bible.
Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI

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Shelby Steele

American Author

The appeal of conservatism is the mutuality it asserts between individual and political freedom, its beautiful idea of a free man in a free society. And it offers minorities the one thing they can never get from liberalism: human rather than racial dignity.
Portrait of Shelby Steele

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David Blunkett

British Politician

If, in the name of liberty, we allow individuals to act in a way that damages the wellbeing of the whole, it will inevitably mean the breakdown of mutuality, thereby changing the very nature of our society.
Portrait of David Blunkett

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Rowan Williams

English Theologian

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.
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Douglas Feith

American Public Servant

Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.
Portrait of Douglas Feith

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Pope Benedict XVI

German Clergyman

Certainly a sort of industrial use of creatures, so that geese are fed in such a way as to produce as large a liver as possible, or hens live so packed together that they become just caricatures of birds, this degrading of living creatures to a commodity seems to me in fact to contradict the relationship of mutuality that comes across in the Bible.
Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI

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Shelby Steele

American Author

The appeal of conservatism is the mutuality it asserts between individual and political freedom, its beautiful idea of a free man in a free society. And it offers minorities the one thing they can never get from liberalism: human rather than racial dignity.
Portrait of Shelby Steele

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David Blunkett

British Politician

If, in the name of liberty, we allow individuals to act in a way that damages the wellbeing of the whole, it will inevitably mean the breakdown of mutuality, thereby changing the very nature of our society.
Portrait of David Blunkett

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Rowan Williams

English Theologian

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.
Portrait of Rowan Williams

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Douglas Feith

American Public Servant

Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.
Portrait of Douglas Feith
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