intimacy
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Jacqui Gabb, Professor of Sociology and Intimacy at The Open University, assessed this in her Enduring Love project, published in the journal Sociology in 2015.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Intimacy plus oxytocin outperformed intimacy and placebo, suggesting that oxytocin amplifies the effect of physical affection on healing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Intimacy coordinators are part of that, which is a great change in the industry.
From Salon • Aug. 4, 2024
Intimacy demands that you share parts of yourself that you’re ashamed of.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023
But there would also be times when I sensed the deepest truth about language and intimacy: Intimacy is not created by a particular language; it is created by intimates.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Vocabulary lists containing intimacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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