What does intimacy mean?

Definitions for intimacy
ˈɪn tə mə siin·ti·ma·cy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. familiarity, intimacy, closenessnoun

    close or warm friendship

    "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

  2. affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement, amournoun

    a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

  3. closeness, intimacynoun

    a feeling of being intimate and belonging together

    "their closeness grew as the night wore on"

Wiktionary

  1. intimacynoun

    feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Intimacynoun

    Close familiarity.

    Etymology: from intimate.

    It is in our power to confine our friendships, and intimacies to men of virtue. John Rogers, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. intimacy

    An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy. Although an intimate relationship is commonly a sexual relationship, it may also be a non-sexual relationship involving family, friends, or acquaintances.Emotional intimacy involves feelings of closeness, relatedness, and vulnerability. This concept has been proven to be an essential aspect for a healthy relationship. Once deeper feelings of liking or loving one or more people arise, it may result in physical intimacy. However, emotional intimacy may or may not be present in physical intimacy depending on the depth of the relationship. Physical intimacy is characterized by romantic love, sexual activity, or other passionate attachment. These relationships play a central role in the overall human experience. Humans have a general desire to belong and to love, which is usually satisfied within an intimate relationship. Such relationships allow a social network for people to form strong emotional attachments.

ChatGPT

  1. intimacy

    Intimacy is a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group. It typically involves a deep understanding, connection, and trust, often developing through shared experiences and emotional vulnerability. This can involve different types of intimacy including emotional, physical, intellectual, spiritual, or sexual. In more general terms, it can also refer to a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of a subject or concept.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Intimacynoun

    the state of being intimate; close familiarity or association; nearness in friendship

Editors Contribution

  1. intimacy

    The state of allowing the sharing of ones personal self in any manner; physical, sexual, emotional, behavioral, beliefs etc.

    As she related her story she felt a sense of intimacy with the group.


    Submitted by JP03 on October 30, 2014  

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Anagrams for intimacy »

  1. imitancy

  2. minacity

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of intimacy in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of intimacy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of intimacy in a Sentence

  1. Imran Chaudhri:

    Steve Jobs used to say that the computer was like a bicycle for the mind. With that analogy, the smartphone (given its intimacy) is more like an automobile. It comes with tremendous power and autonomy. You have to have the discipline and understanding to know how to handle it.

  2. Mark Zuckerberg:

    As the world gets bigger and more connected, we need that sense of intimacy more than ever. That's why I believe that the future is private. This is the next chapter for our services.

  3. Jay Shetty:

    We equate distance with disrespect and we can sometimes respect someone more from the distance than you did in the intimacy because you weren't able to look beyond the parts of them that you couldn't deal with when you were close to them, but now that you're far from them, you can actually look over those places and amplify the good you do see in them.

  4. George Santayana:

    Friends need not agree in everything or go always together, or have no comparable other friendships of the same intimacy. On the contrary, in friendship union is more about ideal things and in that sense it is more ideal and less subject to trouble than marriage is.

  5. David Ryan Polgar:

    Many physical relationships and friendships are first started online before they move offline. In other words, online, we are constantly talking to strangers, it is easy to feel a false sense of intimacy through online relationships. It is important to 'trust but verify,' and have a healthy level of caution both in one's interactions online and in the physical realm.

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