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What is "intimacy" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does intimacy mean in English? Meaning of intimacy definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "intimacy" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "intimacy": close or warm friendship

Noun

  • Meaning: close or warm friendship
  • Example: the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy
  • Synonyms: closeness familiarity intimacy
  • Hypernyms: friendliness

    • Meaning of "intimacy": a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

    Noun

  • Meaning: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
  • Synonyms: affair affaire amour intimacy involvement liaison
  • Hypernyms: sexual relationship

    • Meaning of "intimacy": a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

    Noun

  • Meaning: a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
  • Example: their closeness grew as the night wore on
  • Synonyms: closeness intimacy
  • Hyponyms: togetherness
  • Hypernyms: belonging

    • Synonyms:

    confidence, familiarity, understanding, friendship, affection, affinity, acquaintance, experience, communion, confidentiality, inwardness, close relationship,

    Antonyms:

    enmity, hate, hatred, ignorance, incompatibility, disagreement,

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    intimacy in English: intimacy
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