mutual aid

Noun

uncountable

(biology, sociology) The state of cooperation, as opposed to competition, as a factor in evolution and social development.

Japanese Meaning

生物学や社会学の文脈で、進化や社会発展の要因として、競争ではなく協力して互いに助け合う状態を指す。 / 互いに協力し、助け合うという状況・概念を意味する。

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In primitive communities, mutual aid often played a larger role than competition in shaping social structures and evolutionary outcomes.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

初期の共同体では、相互扶助が社会構造や進化の結果を形作る上で競争よりも大きな役割を果たすことが多かった。

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Sense（1）

(biology, sociology) The state of cooperation, as opposed to competition, as a factor in evolution and social development.

[I]n all these scenes of animal life which passed before my eyes, I saw mutual aid and mutual support carried on to an extent which made me suspect in it a feature of the greatest importance for the maintenance of life, the preservation of each species, and its further evolution.

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Sense（2）

(anarchism, communism, philosophy) By extension, a voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit.

Sense（3）

(emergency medicine) An agreement among emergency responders to lend assistance across jurisdictional boundaries.

Sense（4）

(social work) A social work practice model in which members of a group both provide and receive help.

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