intimacy
n. profound closeness; close association; warm friendship; sexual relations; privacy | ||||
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Intimacy Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Intimacy
(n.)
The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
(n.)
The state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
| WordNet 2.0 |
intimacy
Noun
1. close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
(synonym) familiarity, closeness
(hypernym) friendliness
2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
(synonym) affair, affaire, liaison, involvement, amour
(hypernym) sexual relationship
3. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
(synonym) closeness
(hypernym) belonging
(hyponym) togetherness
Noun
1. close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
(synonym) familiarity, closeness
(hypernym) friendliness
2. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
(synonym) affair, affaire, liaison, involvement, amour
(hypernym) sexual relationship
3. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"
(synonym) closeness
(hypernym) belonging
(hyponym) togetherness
| The Devil's Dictionary |
INTIMACY
Intimacy, (n.)
A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
Two Seidlitz powders, one in blue
And one in white, together drew
And having each a pleasant sense
Of t'other powder's excellence,
Forsook their jackets for the snug
Enjoyment of a common mug.
So close their intimacy grew
One paper would have held the two.
To confidences straight they fell,
Less anxious each to hear than tell;
Then each remorsefully confessed
To all the virtues he possessed,
Acknowledging he had them in
So high degree it was a sin.
The more they said, the more they felt
Their spirits with emotion melt,
Till tears of sentiment expressed
Their feelings. Then they effervesced!
So Nature executes her feats
Of wrath on friends and sympathetes
The good old rule who don't apply,
That you are you and I am I.
Intimacy, (n.)
A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.
Two Seidlitz powders, one in blue
And one in white, together drew
And having each a pleasant sense
Of t'other powder's excellence,
Forsook their jackets for the snug
Enjoyment of a common mug.
So close their intimacy grew
One paper would have held the two.
To confidences straight they fell,
Less anxious each to hear than tell;
Then each remorsefully confessed
To all the virtues he possessed,
Acknowledging he had them in
So high degree it was a sin.
The more they said, the more they felt
Their spirits with emotion melt,
Till tears of sentiment expressed
Their feelings. Then they effervesced!
So Nature executes her feats
Of wrath on friends and sympathetes
The good old rule who don't apply,
That you are you and I am I.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
intimacy
intimacy
\in"ti*ma*cy\ (?), n.; pl. intimacies (#). [from intimate.] the state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
intimacy
\in"ti*ma*cy\ (?), n.; pl. intimacies (#). [from intimate.] the state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship.
| for Vocabulary Exams of KPDS, YDS,UDS (in Turkey); and SAT in America |
intimacy
Close or confidential friendship.
Close or confidential friendship.
| English Phonetics |
Intimacy Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
intimacy
familiaritas
familiaritas
habit intimacy
consuetudo
Intimacy Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Intimacy
The meaning of intimacy varies from relationship to relationship, and within a given relationship. Intimacy has more to do with shared moments than sexual interactions. Intimate feelings may be connected or confused with sexual arousal. Intimacy is linked with feelings of closeness, safety, trust and transparency among partners in a collaborative relationship. For intimacy to be sustainable and nourishing it also requires trust, transparency and rituals of connection. It is possible to compete over intimacy but that is likely to be self-defeating. Intimacy requires empathy - the ability to stand in the other's shoes.
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