dependence
pronunciation
How to pronounce dependence in British English:
UK [dɪˈpendəns]
How to pronounce dependence in American English:
US [dɪˈpendəns]
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- Noun:
- lack of independence or self-sufficiency
- being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Word Origin
- dependence (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French dépendance, from dependre (see depend). Originally also dependance (the earlier form), depending whether the writer had French or Latin foremost in mind; the Latin form gradually predominated and after c. 1800 dependance is rare. As an adjective from c. 1600.
Antonym
Example
- 1. But another kind of dependence has taken its place .
- 2. But this dependence on fact does not make religious claims anything like hypotheses in the scientific sense .
- 3. Their dependence on property for income is often overstated , however .
- 4. 2 Reduce dependence on external capital .
- 5. Yet that dependence cuts both ways .