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interdependent

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in⋅ter⋅de⋅pend⋅ent

  [in-ter-di-pen-duhnt]
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–adjective
mutually dependent; depending on each other.
Origin:
1810–20; inter- + dependent

Related forms:
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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