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How to use reciprocity in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Reciprocity means the characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people. Example: “In a friendship, reciprocity occurs where the contribution of each party meets the expectations of the other party.”

Examples of reciprocity by meaning

nounThe 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.

More sentences with reciprocity

  • Her stories weave cultural and land-based teachings that focus on respect, endurance, healing and reciprocity.2022 January 7, “Nicola I. Campbell's memoir Spílexm weaves poetry and prose to tell 'remembered stories' of resilience”, in CBC Radio. From the entry Nłeʔkepmx
  • Festering antagonism between English and Hanseatic merchants was rooted in the principle of reciprocity.2015, Charles D. Stanton, “The German Hanse: Martial Merchants of the Baltic”, in Medieval Maritime Warfare, Barnsley, South Yorkshire…. From the entry Hansard
  • I call it quid pro quo while other authors have described it as “the art of reciprocity.”2011 December 14, Susan T. Spencer, “Business Networking That Works ... It's Called Quid Pro Quo”, in Forbes, archived from the original…. From the entry quid pro quo
  • He was a heralder of new beginnings, but only on conditions of reciprocity.2009 June 5, “Obama lays out path for peace”, in Toronto Star. From the entry heralder
  • Another way is to pass the favor on, as per transitive reciprocity.2006, David Schmidtz, The Elements of Justice, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry return the favor
  • Wester privatization and collectivization both lead to economicide, or the destruction of the economic basis of reciprocity.1990, African Environment, page 514. From the entry economicide
  • The code and the freedoms become inseparable through the ingenious element of reciprocity in perpetuity that is inherent in the GPL.2010 winter, J[ohn] Martin Pedersen, “Free Software as Property”, in The Commoner: [A Web Journal for Other Values], number 14 (Property…. From the entry computer vira
  • The canonical way to restore a measure of balance is to return the favor to our benefactor, as per symmetrical reciprocity.2006, David Schmidtz, The Elements of Justice, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry return the favor
  • Responsibility is my affair, reciprocity is his.1992, Zygmunt Bauman, Mortality, Immortality and Other Life Strategies, →ISBN, page 45. From the entry affair
  • Many Western linguicists may never have experienced cross-linguistic interactional reciprocity.1989, Noel Broadbent, Nordic Perspectives on Arctic Cultural and Political Ecology, page 95. From the entry linguicist
  • Gauss studied these sorts of numbers while attempting to formulate and prove higher order reciprocity laws, following his success with quadratic reciprocity.2009, Sam Vandervelde, Circle in a Box, American Mathematical Society, page 153. From the entry quadratic reciprocity
  • The most important and costly of these coverages, health care, is extraordinarily expensive everywhere in the world, and Canada's medicare has no reciprocity in any other country.2009 January 31, Milan Korcok, “What to do when you get hurt”, in Toronto Star. From the entry coverages
  • Subjects who were intentionally misrewarded by an involved agent (Other) made the largest reallocations; this presumably reflects the presence of reciprocity motivation which exacerbated the effects of equity motivation.1972, Dissertation Abstracts International, page 418. From the entry misreward

Meaning of reciprocity

  1. noun The characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
  2. noun A reciprocal relationship.
  3. noun A relation of mutual dependence or action or influence.

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Questions about reciprocity in a sentence

How do you use reciprocity in a sentence?
Reciprocity is used as a noun. For example: “In a friendship, reciprocity occurs where the contribution of each party meets the expectations of the other party.”
What is a short sentence with reciprocity?
“Responsibility is my affair, reciprocity is his.”
What does reciprocity mean?
Reciprocity means the characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.

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