intimacy
pronunciation
How to pronounce intimacy in British English:
UK [ˈɪntɪməsi]
How to pronounce intimacy in American English:
US [ˈɪntɪməsi]
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- Noun:
- close or warm friendship
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
- a feeling of being intimate and belonging together
Word Origin
- intimacy (n.)
- 1640s, from intimate + -cy. As a euphemism for "sexual intercourse," from 1670s.
Example
- 1. Intimacy is both physical and emotional closeness in marriage .
- 2. It was a risky move , since what everyone loved about the old theater was its intimacy .
- 3. Such experimentation will no doubt fuel the fears of those who worry that cyberdating is commoditising intimacy and undermining marriages .
- 4. We 're experiencing a false sense of intimacy .
- 5. True intimacy develops over time .