dependency
noun
uk/dɪˈpen.dən.si/us/dɪˈpen.dən.si/dependencynoun(NEED)
[SorU]
asituationin which you need something or someone and areunabletocontinuenormallywithout them:
Someparentsinfantilizeyoungadultsandkeepthem in apermanentstateof dependency.
We need toreduceourdependencyonfossilfuels.
Synonym
dependence
[CorU]
aninabilitytostopdoing somethingharmful, or using somethingharmful,especiallyadrug:
Many of thepeoplewho come to theclinichavedrugoralcoholdependencies.
Hewroteamemoirabout hisstruggleswithchemicaldependency.
Synonym
addiction
- Hedeploreswhat heregardsas anexcessivedependency ongovernment.
- Dependency onpetroleumis at theheartof many ofourproblemstoday.
- How much of anissueisbenefitsdependency?
- Shetreatsarangeofcompulsivedependencies, such asalcohol,drugs,sex,gamblingandshopping.
Essential or necessary
- basically
- basis
- be a question ofdoing somethingidiom
- box ticking
- business-critical
- dependence
- elemental
- if/when push comes to shoveidiom
- incumbent
- indispensable
- inhere insomething
- inherent
- necessity
- need
- needed
- needful
- non-discretionary
- owe
- symbiotically
- warrant
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Being based on or depending on something
Drug addiction
Addiction
dependencynoun(COUNTRY)
[C]
acountrythat issupportedandgovernedby anothercountry:
附属国;附属地Saint Helena is a British dependency whoseinhabitantshavefullUKcitizenship.
- The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown dependencies.
- The BalticstateswereformerSovietdependencies.
- Monaco is aFrenchdependency.
Colonization & self-government
- acknowledgement of country
- annex
- annexation
- anti-colonial
- anti-colonialism
- colonize
- colony
- commonwealth
- condominium
- crown colony
- independence
- Independence Day
- intercolonial
- land acknowledgment
- Nat
- recolonization
- recolonize
- secede
- secession
- self-determination