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interdependence

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in·ter·de·pen·dent  (ntr-d-pndnt)
adj.
Mutually dependent: "Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests" (Jacqueline Grennan Wexler).
inter·de·pendence, inter·de·penden·cy n.
interdependence [ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndəns]
n
dependence between two or more people, groups, or things the interdependence of economies
interdependency  n
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Noun1.interdependence - a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)
interdependency, mutuality
reciprocality, reciprocity - a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence
commensalism - the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it
parasitism - the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
mutualism, symbiosis - the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other
sharing - having in common; "the sharing of electrons creates molecules"
sharing - using or enjoying something jointly with others
Translations
interdependence [ˌɪntədɪˈpendəns] N → interdependencia f
interdependence [ˌɪntərdɪˈpɛndəns] n → interdépendance f
interdependence
n → wechselseitige Abhängigkeit, Interdependenz f (geh)


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It will act upon the basic fact that WHEREVER THERE IS INTERDEPENDENCE, THERE IS BOUND TO BE TELEPHONY; and it will therefore prepare maps of interdependence, showing the widely scattered groups of industry and finance, and the lines that weave them into a pattern of national cooperation.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
Even in the case of acknowledged correlatives, and where names exist for each, there will be no interdependence if one of the two is denoted, not by that name which expresses the correlative notion, but by one of irrelevant significance.
The Categories by Aristotle View in context
Old provincial society had its share of this subtle movement: had not only its striking downfalls, its brilliant young professional dandies who ended by living up an entry with a drab and six children for their establishment, but also those less marked vicissitudes which are constantly shifting the boundaries of social intercourse, and begetting new consciousness of interdependence.
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