mutual confidence

collocation in English

meaningsofmutualandconfidence

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mutual
adjective
uk
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈmjuː.tʃu.əl/
(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for ...
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confidence
noun
uk
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/us
/ˈkɑːn.fə.dəns/
the quality of being certain of your abilities or of having trust in people, plans, or ...
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(Definition ofmutualandconfidencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mutualconfidence, then, is ultimately an empirical and not a rational concept.
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Theirmutualconfidencereduces the transaction costs of their traditional adversarial relationships, which were characterised by defensive strategies and conflictual relations.
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They may even cooperate with legitimate leaders inmutualconfidence.
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Mutualconfidencein the use of a particular mode of reasoning can be brought about merely by mutual observation of behaviour, combined with inferences about how other people reason.
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Rather, it was only when there was cooperation andmutualconfidenceamong the three points of the ' golden triangle ' of business, government and labour that the economy could flourish.
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That partnership requiresmutualconfidenceand a change in the culture of communication.
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Moreover, the principle ofmutualconfidencemust not be undermined.
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We need to ensure that mutual recognition really can be based onmutualconfidencein all the national criminal justice systems.
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Facilitating dialogue andmutualconfidencebuilding should be a part of every peace mission.
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Both parties should be encouraged to take measures to buildmutualconfidenceand reduce tension.
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To a large extent planning depends onmutualconfidencebetween local authorities and the public.
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There is no interference, but there is co-operation,mutualconfidenceand trust.
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They need some basis ofmutualconfidencebefore they begin.
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The tie which is going to effect thatmutualconfidencewill be these advisory committees.
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The main cause of this is lack ofmutualconfidence.
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There will, therefore, be much scope for proper give and take and formutualconfidence.
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I am convinced myself that some verification by inspection is essential here if only on the wider grounds ofmutualconfidence.
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Between the majority of tenant farmers and owners there is, and always should be, amutualconfidenceand co-operation.
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They managed to establishmutualconfidencewith many towns with which they entered into agreements.
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There is much misunderstanding between town and country and much more need ofmutualconfidencebetween the two.
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