complementarity

/ˌkɑmpləmɛnˈtɛrədi/
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Other forms: complementarities

Definitions of complementarity
  1. noun
    a relation between two opposite states or principles that together exhaust the possibilities
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    type of:
    ungradable opposition
    an opposition that has no intermediate grade; either one or the other
  2. noun
    the interrelation of reciprocity whereby one thing supplements or depends on the other
    “the complementarity of the sexes”
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    type of:
    reciprocality, reciprocity
    a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
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