in·ter·de·pend·ence

[in-ter-di-pen-duhns]
noun
the quality or condition of being interdependent, or mutually reliant on each other: Globalization of economies leads to an ever-increasing interdependence of countries.
Sometimes, in·ter·de·pend·en·cy.


Origin:
inter- + dependence

non·in·ter·de·pend·ence, non·in·ter·de·pend·en·cy, noun
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interdependence (ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndəns) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
dependence between two or more people, groups, or things: the interdependence of economies
 
interde'pendency
 
n

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interdependence
1822, from inter- + dependence.
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interdependence definition


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.

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Example sentences
The interdependence of countries and regions means that new formats of dialogue
  will appear.
The growing interdependence of the planet gives us, he says, a new and
  convincing reason to do our utilitarian duty.
But a feeling for absolute and fateful interdependence has always been the
  special glory of the best crime movies.
The concept of functional regions provides a way to examine the linkages and
  flows that create interdependence among people.
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