codependent
- adjective
- /ˌkoʊdɪˈpɛndənt/
- Specialized
- It's difficult for her to make decisions alone because she is very codependent in her relationship with him.
- codependent relationship
- label a codependent
So are you the giver or the taker in codependent relationships?
- So are you the giver or the taker in codependent relationships?
- These things can be features of your own codependent patterns.
- Plenty of people break out of codependent family systems.
- Well, yeah, I think first and foremost, I see a lot of codependent relationships these days.
- Release codependent patterns and create the love you desire.
- And my immediate reaction was I'm not codependent.
- How different would I have been if I had not witnessed my parents toxic, codependent and stunted marriage or divorce?
- You aren't broken or codependent or foolish or weak for feeling bad about not being hoovered.
- Well, I still have a codependent relationship with show business, which is frustrating.
- It has, you know, when we were young and codependent and we needed each other, we were inspired by our differences.
- The person who's being that codependent super duper harms your child.
- How could we show a codependent character versus?
- Shut the fuck up you codependent freak show.
- But I think that it just made me realize how not codependent and how tolerant you are.
- So there was this like very codependent, a little bit emotionally incest and what kind of thing going on.
Examples
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I think our society is so afraid now of being codependent or enabling someone.
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- It's a very codependent relationship.
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Plenty of people break out of codependent family systems.
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These things can be features of your own codependent patterns.
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Well, yeah, I think first and foremost, I see a lot of codependent relationships these days.
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Well, I still have a codependent relationship with show business, which is frustrating.
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So are you the giver or the taker in codependent relationships?
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The relationship between Bella and Edward is codependent at best and flat-out abusive at worst.
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There's something so scary about how often even media meant for adults glorify really unhealthy codependent relationships.
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The nurse manager needs to realize that the hospital culture may reinforce codependent behaviors in nurse employees (van der Wal, 1996).
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
Needing help from other people or things too much
Trusting one person or thing too much
Antonyms
How Dependent
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Codependent comes from co- meaning 'together' and dependent meaning 'relying on someone'. So, a codependent relationship is one where two people rely on each other too much in an unhealthy way and cannot grow to be independent.