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)
• 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, 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