interdependence

[ in-ter-di-pen-duhns ]

/ ˌɪn tər dɪˈpɛn dəns /

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noun

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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Sometimes in·ter·de·pend·en·cy .

Origin of interdependence

inter- + dependence

OTHER WORDS FROM interdependence

non·in·ter·de·pend·ence, non·in·ter·de·pend·en·cy, noun

Words nearby interdependence

interdealer broker, interdenominational, interdental, interdentil, interdepartmental, interdependence, interdependent, interdict, interdiction, interdict list, interdictory

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How to use interdependence in a sentence

They’re threatened by that interdependence, and they want to assert their cultural identities.
The Pros and Cons of America’s (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. 470)|Stephen J. Dubner|July 22, 2021|Freakonomics
Sixty percent of Jewish people in that Zip code live in buildings five stories or more — a fact that augurs greater connectedness and interdependence.
Surfside’s Jewish community grows closer after tower collapse: ‘It’s three degrees of separation’|Laura Reiley, Brittany Shammas|June 30, 2021|Washington Post
In one of Simard’s TED Talks, she describes both the interdependence of trees and a battle with cancer that interrupted her work.
How Trees Mother Their Seedlings and What We Can Learn About Connection From Forests|Susanna Schrobsdorff|May 2, 2021|Time
Guided by the Unum Test, we can move forward together to find common ground and common purpose, armed with the understanding that our independence as a nation is inseparable from our interdependence as a people.
Eight in Ten Americans are Concerned About Partisanship. Here's How 'The Unum Test' Can Reunite America|Jonathan Haidt|April 13, 2021|Time

One episode in particular emphasizes the team’s interdependence.
Why you don’t really know what you know|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Interdependence is escalating and the failure of the global system to respond is a source of growing instability.
Big Idea: The Time for Divided Nations Is Over|Ian Goldin|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Higher incomes lead to greater demand on planetary resources and more interdependence.
Big Idea: The Time for Divided Nations Is Over|Ian Goldin|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They must advocate for the very thing their photo ops in Amman implied, infrastructural integration and political interdependence.
Israelis and Palestinians: Getting Down To Business|Bernard Avishai|June 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Instead of treating the Israeli and Palestinian narratives as mutually exclusive, J Street recognizes their interdependence.
My Former Life As a Kahanist Posterboy|Zack Parker|June 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Business leaders must get involved to push interdependence, as some have done this week at the World Economic Forum.
What Commentary Gets Wrong About Olmert-Abbas Negotiations|Bernard Avishai|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In Greece the principle of the interdependence of language, metre, and musical sound was carried very far.
The Modes of Ancient Greek Music|David Binning Monro
Whether we will or no, this demographic law of interdependence of nations can not be escaped.
Fundamental Peace Ideas including The Westphalian Peace Treaty (1648) and The League Of Nations (1919)|Arthur Mac Donald
Thus sovereignty decreases according to our law of the interdependence of States.
Fundamental Peace Ideas including The Westphalian Peace Treaty (1648) and The League Of Nations (1919)|Arthur Mac Donald
To him it illustrated "the interdependence of those Sciences which the Geographer should study."
Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists|Various
The harmony of organs and their mutual dependence are the results of the interdependence of function.
Form and Function|E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

British Dictionary definitions for interdependence

interdependence

/ (ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndəns) /

noun

dependence between two or more people, groups, or thingsthe interdependence of economies

Derived forms of interdependence

interdependency, noun

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Cultural definitions for interdependence

interdependence

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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