That may sound contradictory, but the two are mutually reinforcing.

"There should be a mutually reinforcing relationship between the two."

In the next section Marxists make a case for this mutually reinforcing relationship.

The above mentioned forces mutually reinforce each other during a liquidity crisis.

Taken together they may be best considered as mutually reinforcing in synergy.

For Putnam, different kinds of social capital are mutually reinforcing.

The combined activities in the political, economic development and security fields mutually reinforce each other.

We should also take political decisions with a view to ensuring that our various goals are mutually reinforcing.

These instruments are mutually reinforcing; they depend on each other for success.

The open economy in Afghanistan and the insurgency are mutually reinforcing.