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INTERRELATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness
Example:
interrelationships of animal structure and function
Synonyms:
interrelatedness; interrelation; interrelationship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("interrelation" is a kind of...):
relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interrelation"):
psychodynamics (the interrelation of conscious and unconscious processes and emotions that determine personality and motivation)
Derivation:
interrelate (place into a mutual relationship)
interrelate (be in a relationship with)
interrelationship (mutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness)