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interdependence|ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndəns| Also -ance. [inter- 2 a.] The fact or condition of depending each upon the other; mutual dependence.
1822Coleridge Lett., Convers., etc. II. 97 Unfitness for a state of moral and personal union and life-long interdependence. 1825― Aids Refl. (1858) I. App. C. 412 In social and political life this acme is inter-dependence; in moral life it is independence. 1878Huxley Physiogr. Pref. 6 Knowledge respecting natural phenomena and their inter⁓dependence. |