dependency

[De*pend·en*cy]

Dependency happens when you can't function without the help of someone or something. If you have a dependency on coffee, you need it to be human in the morning. Not sure? Ask the people you live with.

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State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

Noun
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

Noun
lack of independence or self-sufficiency

Noun
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)


n.
State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

n.
A thing hanging down; a dependence.

n.
That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.

n.
A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.


Dependency

De*pend"en*cy , n.; pl. Dependencies . 1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Any long series of action, the parts of which have very much dependency each on the other.
So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown of England.
2. A thing hanging down; a dependence. 3. That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
This earth and its dependencies.
Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are considered as dependencies on or affections of substances.
4. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America. &hand; Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in meaning to 3 and 4.

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

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Usage Examples

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison it is.

We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet.

And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in idolatry, and that idolatry is the dependency upon our government. We're supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.

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Other Usage Examples

Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.

High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces.

For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency.

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