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in⋅ter⋅de⋅pend⋅ent

[in-ter-di-pen-duhnt]
–adjective
mutually dependent; depending on each other.

Origin:
1810–20; inter- + dependent


in⋅ter⋅de⋅pend⋅ence, in⋅ter⋅de⋅pend⋅en⋅cy, noun
in⋅ter⋅de⋅pend⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
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in·ter·de·pen·dent   (ĭn'tər-dĭ-pěn'dənt)   
adj.  Mutually dependent: "Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests" (Jacqueline Grennan Wexler).
in'ter·de·pen'dence, in'ter·de·pen'den·cy n.
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interdependence

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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