INTERDEPENDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interdependence mean? 

• INTERDEPENDENCE (noun)
  The noun INTERDEPENDENCE has 1 sense:

1. a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)

  Familiarity information: INTERDEPENDENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERDEPENDENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

interdependence; interdependency; mutuality

Hypernyms ("interdependence" is a kind of...):

reciprocality; reciprocity (a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interdependence"):

commensalism (the relation between two different kinds of organisms when one receives benefits from the other without damaging it)

parasitism (the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage))

mutualism; symbiosis (the relation between two different species of organisms that are interdependent; each gains benefits from the other)

sharing (having in common)

sharing (using or enjoying something jointly with others)

Derivation:

interdepend (be connected)

interdependent (mutually dependent)