mutualisticadj.
/ˌmjuːtʃʊəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌmjuːtʃᵿˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌmjuːtʃlˈɪstɪk/, /ˌmjuːtjʊəˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌmjuːtjᵿˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌmjutʃ(u)wəˈlɪstɪk/ 1. Exhibiting, characterized by, or involving mutualism (see mutualism n. 1).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other political theories or doctrines
radical1783
progressive1830
progressist1843
abstentionist1857
restrictionist1858
communalist1871
mutualistic1874
militant1876
possibilist1881
productivist1892
radical feminist1905
rejectionist1909
minimalist1917
pan-Asian1917
maximalist1918
one-world1919
Eurasian1922
gradualistic1926
Europasian1928
gradualist1931
social revolutionary1931
renovationist1934
restrictivist1936
identitarian1943
cultural Marxist1949
1874 W. B. Greene Let. 2 Oct. in Socialistic, Communistic, Mutualistic & Financial Fragments (1875) 30 There is also wanted..a well thought out mutualistic organism in society, whereby..spiritual men, may guarantee and insure each other against the assaults of the Devil's kingdom.
1885 Anarchist 15 Sept. 2/2 He shews how two principles pervade human society—one mutualistic, which leads to equality, the other, antagonistic, which destroys it.
1898 Econ. Jrnl. 8 188 A mutualistic organisation supposes apportioning of the quantities of sacrifice among the individuals of the group.
1922 Amer. Econ. Rev. 12 340 Capital would also be held by the state subject to ‘mutualistic’ control.
1984 Rev. in Amer. Hist. 12 283 Custom, pride, and mutualistic values have continually informed working people's behaviors and lives.
2. Biology. Of the nature of, characterized by, or relating to mutualism (see mutualism n. 2).
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > relationships of organisms > [adjective] > symbiosis or mutualism
symbiotic1882
metabiotic1893
mutualistic1893
symbiotrophic1905
parasymbiotic1911
1893 Bot. Gaz. 18 367 Symbiosis is distinguished as antagonistic (parasitism) and mutualistic.
1911 J. G. McIntosh Manuf. Varnishes III. 291 Giard does not see that the ants are enemies of the cochineal... Their relations are mutualistic and in no way predatory.
1936 New Phytologist 35 129 The presence of the fungus in a mycorrhizal association is to be regarded as an example of controlled parasitic attack and has no mutualistic significance.
1991 R. S. K. Barnes & K. H. Mann Fund. Aquatic Ecol. (ed. 2) xii. 236/1 This appears to be a mutualistic relationship as the larvae tunnel inside the algae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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