complementarity
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
Types & categories
- ungradable opposition hypernym
Related & opposite
- complemental derivation
Sense 2 noun
the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other
the complementarity of the sexes
Types & categories
- reciprocity hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | complemental |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ungradable opposition |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reciprocity |