See Also: mutualism(medicine)
mutualism(dictionary)

mutualism (iou)



mutualism noun. M19.
[from MUTUAL + -ISM.]
The doctrine that individual and collective well-being is attainable only by mutual dependence; a system based on this, spec. one involving non-profit credit and voluntary association for the exchange of services. M19.
Biology. A condition of (obligate or facultative) symbiosis in which two organisms contribute mutually to the well-being of each other. L19.