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

The U.S. negotiating team sees shared economic activity and energy interdependence as the cornerstone of its business-for-peace philosophy: Ukrainian data centers would draw power from the currently Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal

Despite greater economic challenges, many children in Latino immigrant families benefit from networks of interdependence that support them into adulthood.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most Americans also once placed a high value on familismo, with a code of family loyalty and interdependence.

From The Wall Street Journal

“These qualities of interdependence and willingness to be changed are like the medicine that campuses need,” Sawyer said.

From The Wall Street Journal

This new order would increase economic activity and prosperity, forge partnerships that enhance economic interdependence and shared growth, and encourage freedom of thought, movement, work, and expression.

From Barron's

Related Words

• interconnection
• interrelationship
• linkage