intimacy
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intimacy
- /ˈɪn.tɪ.mə.si/
Where it comes from
From intim(ate) + -acy.
noun intimacies
- Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality. To adulterous lust the most sacred duties are sacrificed, because, before marriage, men, by a promiscuous intimacy with women, learned to consider love as a selfish gratification—learned to separate it not only from esteem, but from the affection merely built on habit, which mixes a little humanity
- Intimate relationship. 1787, Robert Burns, Letter to Dr. Moore, 23 April, 1787, in J. Logie Robertson (ed.), The Letters of Robert Burns, Selected and Arranged, with an Introduction, London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 57, I have formed many intimacies and friendships here, but I am afraid they are all of too tender a construc
- Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information. He recognized the tone as the one used by friendly sisters to discuss the infirmities of their husbands. It was Shama’s plea to a sister to exchange intimacies, to show support.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: affair, amour, familiarity, affaire, involvement, closeness, liaison, affection, cohabitation, feature, privacy, close, warmth, togetherness, rapport, camaraderie
Translations
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noun feeling of closeness and openness towards someone else
| Español | intimidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 친교 chin'gyo, 친밀함 chinmilham |
| 日本語 | 親交 shinkō, 親密さ shinmitsu sa |
| 中文 | 親密 /亲密 qīnmì, 親近 /亲近 qīnjìn |
| हिन्दी | अंतरंगता antraṅgtā, आत्मीयता ātmīytā |
| Português | intimidade |
| Français | intimité |
| Deutsch | Intimität |
| Italiano | intimità |
| Ελληνικά | οικειότητα oikeiótita |
| Română | intimitate |
| Русский | бли́зость blízostʹ, инти́мность intímnostʹ |
| العربية | أُلْفَة ʔulfa |
noun involving sexuality
| 日本語 | 仲良し nakayoshi |
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title = {intimacy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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