Mutualism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mutualism \Mu"tu*al*ism\, n. (Ethics)
     The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of
     individual and social welfare. --F. Harrison. --H. Spencer.
     --Mallock.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mutualism
       n : the relation between two different species of organisms that
           are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
           [syn: {symbiosis}]