intimacy
suomi-englanti sanakirjaintimacy englannista suomeksi
intiimiys
läheinen suhde
seksuaalinen kanssakäyminen, läheisyys
Substantiivi
intimacy englanniksi
Feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, often but not necessarily involving sexuality.
(RQ:Wollstonecraft Vindication Women)
1879, (w), “Truth of Intercourse” in ''Essays, English and American'', The Harvard Classics, Volume 28, edited by Charles W. Eliot, New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1910, p. 287,https://archive.org/details/essaysenglishan01lowegoog
- The habitual liar may be a very honest fellow, and live truly with his wife and friends; while another man who never told a formal falsehood in his life may yet be himself one lie—heart and face, from top to bottom. This is the kind of lie which poisons intimacy.
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Intimate relationship.
1787, (w), Letter to Dr. Moore, 23 April, 1787, in J. Logie Robertson (ed.), ''The Letters of Robert Burns, Selected and Arranged, with an Introduction'', London: Walter Scott, 1887, p. 57,https://archive.org/details/lettersselecteda00burnuoft
- I have formed many intimacies and friendships here, but I am afraid they are all of too tender a construction to bear carriage a hundred and fifty miles.
(RQ:Austen Emma)”
{{quote-text|en|year=1899|author=Henry James|title=The Awkward Age|section=Book One, Chapter 2|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/7433/old/akage10.txt
Intimate detail, (item of) intimate information.
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