interdependence

[ in-ter-di-pen-duhns ]

noun

1. the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other:

   Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.

interdependence

/ ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndəns /

noun

1. dependence between two or more people, groups, or things

   the interdependence of economies

interdependence

1. In economics , the concept that all prices are to some degree affected by all other prices and also that all markets are affected by all other markets.

Derived Forms

• ˌinterdeˈpendency, noun

Other Words From

• nonin·ter·de·pendence nonin·ter·de·penden·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of interdependence¹

inter- + dependence

Example Sentences

They’re threatened by that interdependence, and they want to assert their cultural identities.

From Freakonomics

Sixty percent of Jewish people in that Zip code live in buildings five stories or more — a fact that augurs greater connectedness and interdependence.

From Washington Post

In one of Simard’s TED Talks, she describes both the interdependence of trees and a battle with cancer that interrupted her work.

From Time

Guided by the Unum Test, we can move forward together to find common ground and common purpose, armed with the understanding that our independence as a nation is inseparable from our interdependence as a people.

From Time

One episode in particular emphasizes the team’s interdependence.

From MIT Technology Review

Interdependence is escalating and the failure of the global system to respond is a source of growing instability.

From The Daily Beast

Higher incomes lead to greater demand on planetary resources and more interdependence.

From The Daily Beast

They must advocate for the very thing their photo ops in Amman implied, infrastructural integration and political interdependence.

From The Daily Beast

Instead of treating the Israeli and Palestinian narratives as mutually exclusive, J Street recognizes their interdependence.

From The Daily Beast

Business leaders must get involved to push interdependence, as some have done this week at the World Economic Forum.

From The Daily Beast

In Greece the principle of the interdependence of language, metre, and musical sound was carried very far.

From Project Gutenberg

Whether we will or no, this demographic law of interdependence of nations can not be escaped.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus sovereignty decreases according to our law of the interdependence of States.

From Project Gutenberg

To him it illustrated "the interdependence of those Sciences which the Geographer should study."

From Project Gutenberg

The harmony of organs and their mutual dependence are the results of the interdependence of function.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• interconnection
• interrelationship
• linkage