codependent
[ koh-di-pen-duh nt ]
/ ˌkoʊ dɪˈpɛn dənt /
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.
RELATED WORDS
Nearby words
- codeclination,
- coded,
- codefendant,
- codeia,
- codeine,
- coder,
- codetermination,
- codeword,
- codex,
- codex juris canonici
Origin of codependent
First recorded in 1985–90
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for codependent
These are codependent people who defend Cruz because they think they are helping him.
Or are they just pulling your chain with codependent demands?
Mainly by extricating yourself from codependent dynamics with them.
This phase can develop into an unhealthy, codependent relationship.
codependent
also co-dependent, by 1905, in various senses, from co- + dependent. Modern psycological sense is attested from c.1983. Related: Codependence, codependency.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper