interdependency

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noun

A mutual dependence, connection or correlation.

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Meanings

nouninterdependency (plural interdependencies)

plural interdependencies

  1. A mutual dependence, connection or correlation.

    We have tried to conceptualise the chapters in a manner that allows them to be read selectively without too much interdependency.

    2022, Sabine Fiedler, Cyril Robert Brosch, “On the structure of this book” (chapter 6), in Esperanto – Lingua Franca and Language Community, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OL, page 27
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    All life on our planet exists only because we are enmeshed within a complex web of interdependent ecological and social systems. Executives must remove their blinkers and recognise this natural law of interdependency.

    2012 May 18, Bob Doppelt, “Business leaders need systemic thinking for sustainability”, in The Guardian

    In a superbly argued and richly detailed account of the interdependencies of slavery and revolution throughout the Americas, as well as the religious traditions of Protestantism, Catholicism and Islam (many of the west Africans were educated Muslims), […]

    2014 April 16, Michael Moorcock, “The Empire of Necessity: The Untold History of a Slave Rebellion in the Age of Liberty”, in The Guardian

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishdependency
  8. Englishinterdependency

From inter- + dependency.

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Cite this entry
APA

interdependency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdependency

MLA

“interdependency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdependency. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interdependency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interdependency.

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