dependence

dependence

English

Etymology

From French dépendance

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɛndəns/

Noun

dependence (countable and uncountable, plural dependences)

1. The state of being dependent, of relying upon another.

   He had a deep dependence on her for guidance.

2. An irresistible physical or psychological need, especially for a chemical substance.

   Her dependence on cocaine led to her ruin.

Antonyms

• independence

Related terms

• dependent
• dependency
• interdependence

Translations

state of being dependent

Albanian: varësi (sq) f Bulgarian: доверие (bg) n (doverie), зависимост (bg) (zavisimost) Catalan: dependència (ca) f Czech: závislost (cs) f Dutch: afhankelijkheid (nl) f, nood (nl) f Esperanto: dependeco Finnish: riippuvuus (fi) French: dépendance (fr) German: Abhängigkeit (de) f Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi) Hebrew: תלות‎ f (tlut) Hungarian: függés (hu) Irish: spleáchas m, spleá f

Italian: dipendenza (it) Kazakh: тәуелділік (täweldilik) Latvian: atkarība f Norwegian: Bokmål: avhengighet (no) m or f Oriya: ଅବଲମ୍ବନ (or) (ôbôlômbônô) Portuguese: dependência (pt) f Romanian: dependență (ro) f Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: òvisnōst (sh) f, závisnōst (sh) f Spanish: dependencia (es) f Swedish: beroende (sv) n

irresistible need

Bulgarian: зависимост (bg) f (zavisimost) Czech: závislost (cs) f Dutch: verslaving (nl) f, afhankelijkheid (nl) f Esperanto: manio (eo), pasio Finnish: riippuvuus (fi) French: dépendance (fr) German: Abhängigkeit (de) f Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi), εθισμός (el) m (ethismós)

Kazakh: тәуелділік (täweldilik) Latvian: atkarība f Portuguese: vício (pt) m, dependência (pt) Romanian: subjugare (ro) f, dependență (ro) f, subordonare (ro) f Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: òvisnōst (sh) f Spanish: dependencia (es) f Swedish: beroende (sv) n