Defenition of the word dependence

• Defenition of the word dependence

  • The state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else.
  • A compulsive or chronic need.
  • being abnormally dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
  • lack of independence or self-sufficiency
  • being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
  • the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

Synonyms for the word dependence

• • addiction
  • dependance
  • dependency

Hyponyms for the word dependence

• • contingency
  • drug addiction
  • helplessness
  • reliance
  • subordination
  • white plague

Hypernyms for the word dependence

• • physical condition
  • physiological condition
  • physiological state
  • state

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