interdependence

American  

[in-ter-di-pen-duhns] / ˌɪn tər dɪˈpɛn dəns /

Sometimes interdependency

noun

1. the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other.

   Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.

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interdependence British  

/ ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndəns /

noun

1. dependence between two or more people, groups, or things

   the interdependence of economies

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interdependence Cultural  

1. In economics, the concept that all prices are to some degree affected by all other prices and also that all markets are affected by all other markets.

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Other Word Forms

• interdependency noun
• noninterdependence noun
• noninterdependency noun

Etymology

Origin of interdependence

inter- + dependence

Example Sentences

What has changed today isn’t the level of interdependence, but the distribution of power embedded in asymmetric industrial capacity.

From Barron's

Greater defence spending, the prime minister argued, would mean less reliance on the United States: "We should deliver generational investments that move us from over-dependence to interdependence."

From BBC

Instead, Mr. Stubb argues—and laments—that we now live in a world of weaponized interdependence.

From The Wall Street Journal

Economic interdependence between the two Asian powers also "creates incentives on both sides to manage relations and avoid extreme actions", Kingston added.

From Barron's

Shared values would always unite the U.S. with Western democracies, the global production of everything from semiconductors to oil made economic interdependence unavoidable, and an independent U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• interconnection
• interrelationship
• linkage