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UK
/mjˈuːtʃuːəlˌɪzəm/
]
[ US /ˈmjutʃuˌəˌɫɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˈmjutʃuˌəˌɫɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
- the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
How To Use mutualism In A Sentence
- This suggests that the relationship is one of mutualism.
- The closest thing he was capable of was mutualism and even that was a stretch and a rarity.
- The federal government likes to talk about reciprocal obligation and mutualism.
- The presence of a commensal parasite that can display mutualism within a clade of known pathogens suggests dynamic evolutionary interactions.
- There are numerous other examples of symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism and parasitism between ray-finned fishes and other groups.
- It is a case of mutualism, says Rick Daley, the museum's executive director.
- Clearly fraternal mutualism was effective for meeting some of the economic needs for many non-whites and poorer members of American society.
- The euro does nothing to foster that mutualism.
- Moreover, credit union managers in too many instances have been drawn from conventional financial intermediaries whose philosophies are wholly alien and antipathetic to mutualism.
- The federal government likes to talk about reciprocal obligation and mutualism.