interdependent
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- adjective
- /ˌɪntərdɪˈpɛndənt/
- The Marshall Plan bound together the industrialized nations of Western Europe into an economically interdependent international system.
- an interdependent group
- an interdependent world
- an interdependent relationship
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Watch on YouTubeThere are two minds, They're interdependent and they have totally different functions.
- There are two minds, They're interdependent and they have totally different functions.
- We human beings are a social and interdependent species.
- At the heart of self-care or of service towards others are universal, interdependent needs.
- You have codependent, you have independent, and then you have interdependent.
- And so we are interdependent with other people and with the universe writ large.
- Nations and individuals, we are interdependent.
- So, so indeed, they, they are running in parallel, but they are interdependent.
- I mean, it's just wild how interdependent we all are.
- As such, we are making our economies all over the world more interdependent, and this will make the world safer.
- But the mature individual, I used this word before, moves from independent to interdependent.
- And it means that their quantum states are interdependent.
- I would imagine by trying to help them to understand that making your way in the world is an interdependent act.
- So they both felt that as, as Tom Friedman said in one of his columns, that they were joined at the hip in a mutually interdependent relationship.
- I look at relationships as interdependent parts and I look at how the parts influence each other and even create each other.
- And so they're all interdependent on each other.
- Because we are interdependent parts in a relationship.
- No one's ever been able to show show an audience, in my opinion, what interdependent interconnectedness is.
Examples
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The message is that our planet consists of many interconnected and interdependent systems that we barely understand.
Fiction book (1994) -
And so we are interdependent with other people and with the universe writ large.
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I mean, it's just wild how interdependent we all are.
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We human beings are a social and interdependent species.
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As such, we are making our economies all over the world more interdependent, and this will make the world safer.
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We can do this by giving consideration to three interdependent sectors: agriculture, food, and healthcare.
Academic text (2011) -
First, traditional Chinese culture emphasizes a strong interdependent relationship between parents and children.
Academic text (2008) -
The two ministries are interdependent in the development of quality higher education.
Academic text (2017) -
And I think what attachment science says is we are interdependent human beings wired for connection with others from the cradle to the grave.
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We human beings are a social and interdependent species.
Synonyms
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4.1
Joined so each part affects and depends on the others
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4.3
Connected so that each part affects the others
How Interdependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Interdependent combines the prefix inter- 'between' and depend 'to rely on'. Think of two people holding hands so each supports the other; that image shows why interdependent means 'depending on each other'.