dependency
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4.4
- noun
- /dɪˈpɛndənsi/
:
dependencia
- We need to reduce our energy dependency on Russia.
- economic dependency
- reduce dependency
- financial dependency
We need to reduce our energy dependency on Russia.
- We need to reduce our energy dependency on Russia.
- And and and so he builds this personal dependency through ego and through performance.
- Charity has a role, but it too often creates dependency.
- They just eschew that feeling of dependency and emotion.
- It did deliver that freedom, but it came at the cost of a dependency on those same transportation vehicles.
- A human, on the other hand, has years and years and years of dependency.
- But I think in the long run, not having that dependency and being reliant on something, I feel so free.
- OK, OK, Where there is love, there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency.
- She had a criminal record and was on welfare, and it took a job at the fair for her to see that dependency didn't define her.
- So narcissism, when you really break it down, it's a personality style that's about dependency.
- If we know only one thing, it's that one of the main things that can often keep people stuck in narcissistic relationships is financial dependency.
- The basics of survival and dependency equals control.
- In the case of the virus, the dependency is strong, in other it's weak.
Examples
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We'd be free from our dependency on foreign oil in 17 years!
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But it's difficult considering the level of dependency or interdependency that we are in to just blame the Haitian government.
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You know, women are saying goodbye to dependency.
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There is less talk about poverty in the narrow economic sense, more about dependency, responsibility, and authority.
Academic text (1991) -
For all of these reasons, issues of care and dependency are urgent feminist issues of justice.
Fiction book (2002) -
The negative aspects of this dependency are fairly obvious, and they have been well documented.
Academic text (2008) -
Most people abandon the yearning for dependency in childhood, but never without regret.
Academic text (1991) -
Many people struggle with financial dependency when they lose their jobs.
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The government aims to lower the nation's dependency on non-renewable energy sources.
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Her emotional dependency on her family made it difficult for her to live independently.
Synonyms
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3.2
Trust in people or things that you depend on
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3.6
Needing another person or thing for help and control
12
8.5
A state of being controlled by fear or addiction and hard to escape
Relying on another person or thing instead of being independent
Antonyms
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dependency comes from the Latin dependere, with de- 'down' and pendere 'to hang', so you can picture someone 'hanging on' to another person or thing. That's why a personal dependency means relying on someone or something for support.