intimacy
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1 emotional closeness (n.) B2 Upper Intermediatea feeling of being very close to someone and being able to share your private thoughts with them.
a state of close emotional connection and mutual understanding between individuals.
ExampleThe long walk by the lake allowed for a rare moment of intimacy between the two friends.
ExampleTrue emotional intimacy requires a level of vulnerability that many people find difficult to achieve even in long-term partnerships.
- distance
- detachment
- estrangement
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2 physical or romantic closeness (n.) B2 Upper Intermediatea close romantic or sexual relationship with another person.
the state of being in a private, often sexual or romantic, relationship.
ExampleThey struggled to maintain their intimacy while working in different cities.
ExampleThe film explores the complexities of physical intimacy and how it evolves over decades of marriage.
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3 private details (n.) C1 Advanced Literary Formalprivate or personal details about someone's life.
private or personal information, often shared in confidence. Usually used in the plural form.
ExampleAfter a few glasses of wine, they began to share the small intimacies of their childhoods.
ExampleThe biographer was criticised for revealing the private intimacies of the poet's life without the family's consent.
UsageOften used in the plural form 'intimacies'.
- secrets
- confidences
From intimate + -cy.