mutual aid

noun

, Sociology.

1. the cooperative as opposed to the competitive factors operating in the development of society.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutual aid¹

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

Restaurants are serving breakfast tacos, gumbo, and whatever else they can to feed the community and support mutual aid organizers

From Eater

These mutual aid funds, nonprofits, and community groups are getting hot meals and other supplies to people on the ground right now

From Eater

Some have resorted to staying in hotels for heat and electricity, and mutual aid groups have also worked to relocate vulnerable or homeless residents to nearby hotels.

From Vox

Funds to pay for the rooms are obtained through mutual aid groups or other avenues.

From Washington Blade

In hard-hit California, officials activated a mutual aid program for coroners, designed to help local authorities cope with “mass fatality.”

From Washington Post

Among the carnivorous mammals the social dog or wolf tribe displays the intelligent habit of mutual aid.

From Project Gutenberg

His contention is that in progressive evolution, mutual aid plays a greater part than mutual struggle.

From Project Gutenberg

Here he had to learn to get on with other individuals, to live and let live, to practise co-operation and mutual aid.

From Project Gutenberg

Kropotkins Mutual Aid is worth noting here as one of the earliest correctives to these popular misconceptions of Darwinism.

From Project Gutenberg

They are for the sake of preserving order in domestic affairs, and for the sake of mutual aid.

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