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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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