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co-dependent

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co-de·pen·dent or co·de·pen·dent (kd-pndnt)
adj.
1. Mutually dependent.
2. Of or relating to a relationship in which one person is psychologically dependent in an unhealthy way on someone who is addicted to a drug or self-destructive behavior, such as chronic gambling.
n.
One who is co-dependent or in a co-dependent relationship.

code·pendence, code·penden·cy n.

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``We know that there is a lot of co-dependent behavior between the mayor and the union, but I'm willing to hear how this changes the profession of teaching and the results that kids can have.
Their co-dependent relationship--which subsumed Dare's successes as a model and magazine photographer, as well as her few, unconsummated romances--is the centerpiece of this melancholy biography, as the mother-daughter duo spend decades traveling extensively, sharing the same bed, and photographing each other in bizarre poses and costumes.
Although animal breeding has made significant advances during the last 100 years, the cow continues as the basis of civilization, the culmination of a long-standing and co-dependent relationship.
 
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