dependence
noun
the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
self-dependence
-
a word derived from
dependence.
Example Sentences
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As Frederick Douglass once wrote of personal freedom, "...there can be no independence without a large share of self-dependence, and this virtue cannot be bestowed. It must be developed from within."
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
She says that the video presents a display of exploration and self-dependence.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2014
But Mill went on to explain why such aid is sometimes necessary: Energy and self-dependence are, however, liable to be impaired by the absence of help, as well as by its excess.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2012
He said growing and selling food had given him an improved sense of self-dependence.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2011
In fact, in quiet self-dependence, thought, and her managing ways, Lucy had been for years a woman, and the friend and counsellor of her mother in many a sore trial.
From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by George Manville Fenn
