dependence

English

Alternative forms

• dependance (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French dépendance.

Morphologically depend +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɛndəns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

dependence (countable and uncountable, plural dependences)

2. The state of being dependent, of relying upon another.

   He had a deep dependence on her for guidance.

4. An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.

   Her dependence on cocaine led to her ruin.

Antonyms

• independence

Derived terms

• antedependence
• codependence
• co-dependence
• density dependence
• dependence grammar
• interdependence
• linear dependence
• nondependence
• overdependence
• path dependence
• pharmacodependence
• semidependence
• stereodependence
• substance dependence
• technodependence

 

Related terms

• dependent
• dependency

Translations

state of being dependent

• Albanian: varësi (sq) f
• Arabic: اِسْتِنَاد m (istinād)
• Azerbaijani: asılılıq (az)
• Belarusian: зале́жнасць f (zaljéžnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: зави́симост (bg) f (zavísimost)
• Catalan: dependència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 依賴性 / 依赖性 (zh) (yīlàixìng)

• Czech: závislost (cs) f
• Danish: afhængighed (da) c, tillid c
• Dutch: afhankelijkheid (nl) f, nood (nl) f
• Esperanto: dependeco
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)
• French: dépendance (fr) f
• Georgian: დამოკიდებულება (damoḳidebuleba)
• German: Abhängigkeit (de) f
• Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)
• Hebrew: תְּלוּת (he) f (tlut)
• Hungarian: függés (hu)
• Irish: spleáchas m, spleá f, tuilleamaí m
• Italian: dipendenza (it) f
• Japanese: 依存 (ja) (いぞん, izon)
• Kazakh: тәуелділік (täueldılık)
• Korean: 의존(依存) (ko) (uijon)
• Latvian: atkarība f
• Macedonian: зависност f (zavisnost)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avhengighet (no) m or f

• Odia: ଅବଲମ୍ବନ (or) (abalambana)
• Polish: zależność (pl) f, bluszczowatość f, bluszczowość f
• Portuguese: dependência (pt) f
• Romanian: dependență (ro) f
• Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀висно̄ст f, за́висно̄ст f

  Roman: òvisnōst (sh) f, závisnōst (sh) f

• Sicilian: dipinnenzia
• Slovak: závislosť f
• Slovene: odvisnost f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wótwisnosć f

• Spanish: dependencia (es) f
• Swahili: utegemezi
• Swedish: beroende (sv) n, avhängighet (sv) c
• Ukrainian: зале́жність f (zaléžnistʹ)

irresistible need

• Arabic: إِدْمَان (ar) m (ʔidmān)
• Belarusian: зале́жнасць f (zaljéžnascʹ)
• Bulgarian: зави́симост (bg) f (zavísimost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成癮 / 成瘾 (zh) (chéngyǐn)

• Czech: závislost (cs) f
• Danish: afhængighed (da) c
• Dutch: verslaving (nl) f, afhankelijkheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: manio, pasio
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi)
• French: dépendance (fr) f
• Georgian: დამოკიდებულება (damoḳidebuleba)
• German: Abhängigkeit (de) f
• Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi), εθισμός (el) m (ethismós)
• Japanese: 嗜癖 (しへき, shiheki), 中毒 (ja) (ちゅうどく, chūdoku)
• Kazakh: тәуелділік (täueldılık)
• Korean: 중독(中毒) (ko) (jungdok)
• Latvian: atkarība f
• Portuguese: vício (pt) m, dependência (pt)
• Romanian: subjugare (ro) f, dependență (ro) f, subordonare (ro) f
• Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀висно̄ст f

  Roman: òvisnōst (sh) f

• Slovak: závislosť f
• Spanish: dependencia (es) f
• Swedish: beroende (sv) n
• Ukrainian: зале́жність f (zaléžnistʹ), адди́кція f (addýkcija)