dependencyn.

/dɪˈpɛndənsi/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -encie; 1500s -ancye, 1600s -ancie, 1600s–1800s -ancy.

Etymology: Formed as dependence n.: see -ancy suffix, -ency suffix.

1. The condition of being dependent; the relation of a thing to that by which it is conditioned; contingent logical or causal connection; = dependence n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > dependence

dependency1597

dependence1605

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxx. 193 That dependencie and order,..whereof the lower sustaining alwaies the more excellent [etc.].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 62 Such a dependancy of thing, on thing, As ere I heard in madnesse.

1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iv. vii. 280 All threded upon one string of dependency.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 336 The Dependency of Evidences makes the resulting Probability weak.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 245 In this Unfigured Syllogism..the dependency of Extension and Intension does not subsist.

2. The relation of a thing (or person) to that by which it is supported; state of subjection or subordination; = dependence n. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency

hangingc1430

dependency1593

dependence1614

unsubsistence1642

leading-string1677

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 72 Hauing no such dependencie vpon any one.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 251 I have no servile dependancy upon their conceptions.

1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 4 Ready to shake off the Dependency of Ireland upon the Crown of England.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiv. 264 That you care whether or not a dependent is comfortable in his dependency.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. x. 456 They found England in dependency upon a foreign power; they left it a free nation.

†3. Reliance; = dependence n. 5. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > reliance

repose1591

dependency1593

reliance1606

reposure1608

reposal1614

dependence1628

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iv. 56 Their dependencie on him was drowned in this conceipt.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lx. sig. S6^v As if God..would leade vs to a dependancie on him.

4. Something dependent or subordinate; a subordinate part; an appurtenance.

a. gen.

ΚΠ

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xii. 73 Modes I call such complex Ideas, which..are considered as Dependences on, or Affections of Substances.

1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 4 The Knowledge of human Nature and its Dependencies.

1852 S. R. Maitland Ess. 155 A thorough sifting of this subject, and its dependencies.

†b. A body of dependants; a household establishment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant > body of

clientele1570

cliental1581

clientry1594

dependence1606

dependency1615

clientage1633

pensionry1641

clientelage1843

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 61 This mans Serraglio..answerable to his small dependancie.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 112 The Dependencies and Relations of the Popes and Cardinals, do not suffer the poor Prelats to act according to the Dictates of Equity.

c. A dependent or subordinate place or territory; esp. a country or province subject to the control of another of which it does not form an integral part.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a dependent possession

aparauntc1400

appendance1523

limba1647

dependency1684

appendage1694

appanage1807

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state > dependent

dependency1684

client state1803

client1875

overseas territory1900

1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus iii. 49 The Kingdom of Poland and great Dutchy of Lyffland, together with all their Dependencies.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. i. 2 This Earth and its dependencies.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 342 This is that Sheffield which now, with its dependencies, contains a hundred and twenty thousand souls.

1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 464 There is a wide difference between a dependency and a colony. The one is held in trust, the other in absolute fee-simple.

d. An appurtenance (to a dwelling-house, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > with its appurtenances > appurtenance

penthouse1579

dependency1822

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall ii. 12 To visit the stables, dog-kennel and other dependencies.

†5.

a. A quarrel ‘depending’ or awaiting settlement; = dependence n. 6b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrel awaiting settlement

dependence1616

dependency1632

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2^v Your Masters of Dependencies to take up A drunken brawle.

1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother v. i. sig. I3 The masters of dependancies, That by compounding differences 'tweene others Supply their owne necessities.

†b. gen. An affair pending or awaiting settlement. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain > awaiting settlement

pendant1492

dependency1809

1809 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 279 In consequence of disagreeable commercial dependencies, which I did not succeed in liquidating.

Draft additions July 2002

dependency culture n. chiefly British Politics a social or political environment characterized by dependency on the State (as through benefits or services) or other external support rather than individual enterprise.

ΚΠ

1973 H. J. Rubin & I. S. Rubin in Asian Surv. 13 270 To succeed in promoting self-help this institution must reduce the effects of the traditional Thai dependency culture.

1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) 295 Conservative spokesmen have said that people should reduce their expectations of what government can do and that economic improvements would depend largely on the action of people themselves. In a word, the dependency culture should be replaced by an enterprise one.

1998 Housing Agenda Apr. 8/2 The Budget was billed..as ‘the most serious assault on the dependency culture since the second world war’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dependency
释义	dependencyn. /dɪˈpɛndənsi/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -encie; 1500s -ancye, 1600s -ancie, 1600s–1800s -ancy. Etymology: Formed as dependence n.: see -ancy suffix, -ency suffix. 1. The condition of being dependent; the relation of a thing to that by which it is conditioned; contingent logical or causal connection; = dependence n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > dependence dependency1597 dependence1605 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxx. 193 That dependencie and order,..whereof the lower sustaining alwaies the more excellent [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 62 Such a dependancy of thing, on thing, As ere I heard in madnesse. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iv. vii. 280 All threded upon one string of dependency. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 336 The Dependency of Evidences makes the resulting Probability weak. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 245 In this Unfigured Syllogism..the dependency of Extension and Intension does not subsist. 2. The relation of a thing (or person) to that by which it is supported; state of subjection or subordination; = dependence n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency hangingc1430 dependency1593 dependence1614 unsubsistence1642 leading-string1677 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 72 Hauing no such dependencie vpon any one. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 251 I have no servile dependancy upon their conceptions. 1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 4 Ready to shake off the Dependency of Ireland upon the Crown of England. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiv. 264 That you care whether or not a dependent is comfortable in his dependency. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. x. 456 They found England in dependency upon a foreign power; they left it a free nation. †3. Reliance; = dependence n. 5. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > reliance repose1591 dependency1593 reliance1606 reposure1608 reposal1614 dependence1628 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iv. 56 Their dependencie on him was drowned in this conceipt. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lx. sig. S6^v As if God..would leade vs to a dependancie on him. 4. Something dependent or subordinate; a subordinate part; an appurtenance. a. gen. ΚΠ 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xii. 73 Modes I call such complex Ideas, which..are considered as Dependences on, or Affections of Substances. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 4 The Knowledge of human Nature and its Dependencies. 1852 S. R. Maitland Ess. 155 A thorough sifting of this subject, and its dependencies. †b. A body of dependants; a household establishment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant > body of clientele1570 cliental1581 clientry1594 dependence1606 dependency1615 clientage1633 pensionry1641 clientelage1843 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 61 This mans Serraglio..answerable to his small dependancie. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 112 The Dependencies and Relations of the Popes and Cardinals, do not suffer the poor Prelats to act according to the Dictates of Equity. c. A dependent or subordinate place or territory; esp. a country or province subject to the control of another of which it does not form an integral part. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a dependent possession aparauntc1400 appendance1523 limba1647 dependency1684 appendage1694 appanage1807 society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state > dependent dependency1684 client state1803 client1875 overseas territory1900 1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus iii. 49 The Kingdom of Poland and great Dutchy of Lyffland, together with all their Dependencies. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. i. 2 This Earth and its dependencies. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 342 This is that Sheffield which now, with its dependencies, contains a hundred and twenty thousand souls. 1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 464 There is a wide difference between a dependency and a colony. The one is held in trust, the other in absolute fee-simple. d. An appurtenance (to a dwelling-house, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > with its appurtenances > appurtenance penthouse1579 dependency1822 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall ii. 12 To visit the stables, dog-kennel and other dependencies. †5. a. A quarrel ‘depending’ or awaiting settlement; = dependence n. 6b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrel awaiting settlement dependence1616 dependency1632 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2^v Your Masters of Dependencies to take up A drunken brawle. 1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother v. i. sig. I3 The masters of dependancies, That by compounding differences 'tweene others Supply their owne necessities. †b. gen. An affair pending or awaiting settlement. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain > awaiting settlement pendant1492 dependency1809 1809 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 279 In consequence of disagreeable commercial dependencies, which I did not succeed in liquidating. Draft additions July 2002 dependency culture n. chiefly British Politics a social or political environment characterized by dependency on the State (as through benefits or services) or other external support rather than individual enterprise. ΚΠ 1973 H. J. Rubin & I. S. Rubin in Asian Surv. 13 270 To succeed in promoting self-help this institution must reduce the effects of the traditional Thai dependency culture. 1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) 295 Conservative spokesmen have said that people should reduce their expectations of what government can do and that economic improvements would depend largely on the action of people themselves. In a word, the dependency culture should be replaced by an enterprise one. 1998 Housing Agenda Apr. 8/2 The Budget was billed..as ‘the most serious assault on the dependency culture since the second world war’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593
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