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Definitions for: Dependency [n] lack of independence or self-sufficiency
[n] being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Webster (1913) Definition: De*pend"en*cy, n.; pl. Dependencies.
1. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being
subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection;
reliance; trust.
Any long series of action, the parts of which have
very much dependency each on the other. --Sir J.
Reynolds.
So that they may acknowledge their dependency on the crown
of England. --Bacon.
2. A thing hanging down; a dependence.
3. That which is attached to something else as its
consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
This earth and its dependencies. --T. Burnet.
Modes I call such complex ideas which . . . are
considered as dependencies on or affections of
substances. --Locke.
4. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it
belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great
Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
Note: Dependence is more used in the abstract, and dependency
in the concrete. The latter is usually restricted in
meaning to 3 and 4.
Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependence, habituation
See Also: contingency, drug addiction, helplessness, physiological condition, physiological state, reliance, state, subordination, white plague
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