Interdependence

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being interdependent. countable, uncountable

    "The transmission oil is cooled in a heat exchanger through which the cooling water is circulated, to assist rapid warming of the engine system and to bring engine and transmission into their true interdependence."

  2. 2
    a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups) wordnet

Synonyms

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correlationinterdependencyinterdependentnessinterdependentnesslinkmutuality

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"Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail. So whatever we think of the past, we must not be prisoners of it."

Etymology

From inter- + dependence.

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