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intimacy
in·ti·ma·cy I0201700 (ĭn′tə-mə-sē)n. pl. in·ti·ma·cies 1. The condition of being intimate.2. An instance of being intimate.intimacy (ˈɪntɪməsɪ) n, pl -cies1. close or warm friendship or understanding; personal relationship2. (often plural) euphemistic sexual relationsin•ti•ma•cy (ˈɪn tə mə si)
n., pl. -cies. 1. the state of being intimate. 2. a close, familiar, and affectionate personal relationship. 3. a close association with or deep understanding of a place, subject, etc. 4. an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity or affection: the intimacy of using first names. 5. a sexual liberty. 6. privacy, esp. as suitable to the telling of a secret: in the intimacy of his studio. [1635–45] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  intimacy - close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"familiarity, closenessfriendliness - a friendly disposition | | 2. |  intimacy - a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationshipaffaire, amour, liaison, affair, involvementsexual relationship - a relationship involving sexual intimacy | | 3. |  intimacy - a feeling of being intimate and belonging together; "their closeness grew as the night wore on"closenessbelonging - happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging"togetherness - affectionate closeness; "togetherness is the new wonder ingredient in marriage" |
intimacynoun1. familiarity, closeness, understanding, confidence, confidentiality, fraternization a means of achieving intimacy with another person
familiarity distance, separation, detachment, alienation, coldness, remoteness, estrangement, aloofness2. sexual intercourse, sex (informal), lovemaking, the other (informal), congress, fucking (taboo slang), screwing (taboo slang), shagging (Brit. taboo slang), sexual relations, sexual act, nookie (slang), copulation, coitus, carnal knowledge, intimate relations, rumpy-pumpy (slang), legover (slang), coition The truth was he did not feel like intimacy with any woman.intimacynounThe condition of being friends:chumminess, closeness, companionship, comradeship, familiarity, fellowship, friendship.Translationsintimate (ˈintimət) adjective1. close and affectionate. intimate friends. 親密的 亲密的2. private or personal. the intimate details of his correspondence. 私人的 私人的3. (of knowledge of a subject) deep and thorough. 精通的 精通的 noun a close friend. 熟友 熟友 (-meit) verb to give information or announce. 透露，公開 透露，宣布 ˌintiˈmation (-ˈmei-) noun 透露，公開 暗示，通知 ˈintimacy (-məsi) noun1. the quality of being intimate. 親密 亲密2. close friendship. 密切的友誼 亲密友谊ˈintimately (-mət-) adverb 親密地 亲密地intimacy
intimacy sexual and personal relations characterized by closeness and personal disclosure. A recent analysis is provided by GIDDENS (The Transformation of Intimacy, 1992), who focuses on the changing character of the ‘pair relationship ’ in modern societies including homosexual as well as heterosexual relationships, and FRIENDSHIP relationships as well as sexual relationships. Three central concepts are employed in this analysis: - the pure relationship, a relationship maintained for its own sake;
- plastic sexuality, sexuality freed from considerations of property relations;
- confluent love, the self-consciously conditional, revisable love relationship, a relationship that must be continuously worked at to ensure the mutual commitment and trust it requires of both partners.
The origins of the ‘pure relationship’, according to Giddens, are ‘separation of sexuality from the reproductive function’, made possible especially by modern contraception. In these circumstances the possibility of confluent love emerges. Child-parent relations also tend increasingly to approximate to the pattern of the pure relationship, and as Janet Finch (Family Obligations and Social Change, 1989) points out, kinship relations in general become increasingly dependent for their continuation on a ‘working out’ of relationships. For Giddens, intimacy involves above all an emotional communication with oneself and others, in a context of equality in which ‘TRUST has to be won and actively sustained’. intimacy
intimacy1. A close familial, personal, or emotional relationship with another person.2. Sexual relations. intimacy
Related to intimacy: Physical intimacySynonyms for intimacynoun familiaritySynonyms- familiarity
- closeness
- understanding
- confidence
- confidentiality
- fraternization
Antonyms- distance
- separation
- detachment
- alienation
- coldness
- remoteness
- estrangement
- aloofness
noun sexual intercourseSynonyms- sexual intercourse
- sex
- lovemaking
- the other
- congress
- fucking
- screwing
- shagging
- sexual relations
- sexual act
- nookie
- copulation
- coitus
- carnal knowledge
- intimate relations
- rumpy-pumpy
- legover
- coition
Synonyms for intimacynoun the condition of being friendsSynonyms- chumminess
- closeness
- companionship
- comradeship
- familiarity
- fellowship
- friendship
Synonyms for intimacynoun close or warm friendshipSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationshipSynonyms- affaire
- amour
- liaison
- affair
- involvement
Related Wordsnoun a feeling of being intimate and belonging togetherSynonymsRelated Words |