interrelation

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US/ˌɪn.tɚ.ɹɪˈleɪ.ʃən/US/ˌɪn.tɚ.ɹəˈleɪ.ʃən/

noun

Mutual or reciprocal relation.

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

nouninterrelation (countable and uncountable, plural interrelations)

plural interrelations

  1. countableuncountableMutual or reciprocal relation.

    The sum total of their acts forms a pattern of diachronic historical laws, describing the transition from one social system to the next, and also functional laws showing the interrelation of such features as technology, forms of property, class barriers, state institutions, and ideology.

    1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 341

    Synonyms: correlation, interrelationship

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMutual or reciprocal relation.

More synonyms by meaning

nounmutual or reciprocal relation or relatedness

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishrelation
  8. Englishinterrelation

From inter- + relation.

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Translations

Catalan interrelació
  • interrelaciómutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
Chinese Mandarin 相互關係 /相互关系
  • 相互關係 /相互关系 (xiānghù guānxì)mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
French interrelation
  • interrelationmutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
German Zusammenhang
  • Zusammenhangmutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
Indonesian interelasi
  • interelasimutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
Italian interrelazione
  • interrelazionemutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
Japanese 相互関係
  • 相互関係 (sōgo-kankei)mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
Portuguese inter-relação
  • inter-relaçãomutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
Russian взаимосвя́зь, соотноше́ние
  • взаимосвя́зь (vzaimosvjázʹ)mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
  • соотноше́ние (sootnošénije)mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation
Spanish interrelación
  • interrelaciónmutual or reciprocal relation; correlation

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

interrelation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interrelation

MLA

“interrelation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interrelation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interrelation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interrelation.

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