Defenition of the word dependency
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Defenition of the word dependency
- A state of being dependent; a refusal to exercise initiative:
- A territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State.
- A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
- being abnormally dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- lack of independence or self-sufficiency
- a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
Synonyms for the word dependency
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- addiction
- adjunct
- colony
- craving
- dependance
- dependence
- dependent state
- dependent territory
- enslavement
- habit
- need
- part of an empire
- reliance
Similar words in the dependency
Hyponyms for the word dependency
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- contingency
- Crown Colony
- drug addiction
- helplessness
- New Netherland
- reliance
- subordination
- white plague
Hypernyms for the word dependency
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- geographic area
- geographic region
- geographical area
- geographical region
- physical condition
- physiological condition
- physiological state
- state
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