codependent

[ koh-di-pen-duhnt ]

/ ˌkoʊ dɪˈpɛn dənt /

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adjective

of or relating to a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way.

noun

one who is codependent or in a codependent relationship.

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Origin of codependent

First recorded in 1985–90

OTHER WORDS FROM codependent

co·de·pend·en·cy, co·de·pend·ence, noun

How to use codependent in a sentence

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Reached Tuesday, a Sitrick Co. rep confirmed they parted ways with Epstein in April 2011.
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Its graceful hotels and beautiful restaurants are totally dependent on the tourist trade.
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In this case, I suspect, there was co-operant a strongly marked childish characteristic, the love of producing an effect.
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The conception of the relation of this institution with them as co-operative makes headway slowly.
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Then they were to co-operate with an army moving up from Arkansas, and the State would be redeemed.
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And the Process or Method of study, if it be an Assimilating one, also compels this co-operation.
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The leaguers were now anxious to co-operate with the Americans in compelling the Spaniards to evacuate the Archipelago.
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