Synonym: addiction, dependance, dependency, habituation. Similar words: independence, interdependence, declaration of independence, independent agency, independent, dependent, be independent of, interdependent. Meaning: [-dəns] n. 1. lack of independence or self-sufficiency 2. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs).
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61. Lydgate returns to Middlemarch, overjoyed now with what he once sought to avoid, a dependence upon Bulstrode.
62. The newborn child can suffer from physical dependence, withdrawal symptoms or even serious birth defects.
63. But this reopens the issue of national dependence on Uncle Sam.
64. The main priorities are: A comprehensive transportation study with a view to reducing the level of dependence on private cars.
65. But, as Townsend suggests, structured dependence is not only about macro-economic and social issues.
66. Dependence Tolerance and withdrawal are the classic signs of physical dependence on a drug.
67. Bertha displays a strange dependence on this maid, a Mrs Archer.
68. They accumulate the trust and dependence of lawmakers, who increasingly use lobbyists to do research on technical bills.
69. These demographic variables are experienced in addition to high levels of physical dependence, frailty and mental health problems.
70. Without detailing these problems and their solutions in a reduction in dependence on car use, one can make certain observations.
71. Logistical problems of corporations operating outside their home countries increase this dependence.
72. The hysterical woman was the middle-class woman of leisure deprived of productive labour and imprisoned in dependence on her family.
73. Greenpeace is deeply concerned that this development will lead to monopoly control over genetic resources and an even greater dependence on herbicides.
74. Other topics on which findings are ambiguous are the effects on leisure activity, crime, and degree of dependence on parents.
75. Having children could condemn a woman to a lifetime of economic dependence.
76. Dependency and conflict From a Marxist perspective, the relationship between the major social classes is one of mutual dependence and conflict.
77. What the officials of these states ignore is that the age of fetishism is over, and importing military hardware increases dependence.
78. For most of the women, paid work had been a route out of the family and domestic and financial dependence.
79. The meal, like a ritual communion, had confirmed the curious, unspoken, mutual dependence which bound them.
80. If he was exploited by landowners and the merchant and artisan classes, this did not result in total dependence on them.
81. Under the treaty, exceptions are granted to countries who have a traditional dependence on a particular species.
82. The consequences of this dependence were seen when the flow was cut off so abruptly after 1982.
83. The heavy dependence on foreign technical assistance has had many disadvantages.
84. In the first case, therefore, the woman has had to shift her economic dependence from her husband to the state.
85. Engineers could also reduce their dependence on strategically important metals by redesigning components.
86. That first post-natal subservience, bred of physical dependence, was too ingrained ever to be totally eradicated.
87. His father says that David accepts the sentence, and is getting treatment for his drug dependence.
88. Most people make the change from occasional social drinking to alcohol dependence gradually.
89. In political terms this failure forced heavy dependence on indirect revenue sources.
90. With long-term use dependence and withdrawal effects can become major disadvantages.
More similar words: independence, interdependence, declaration of independence, independent agency, independent, dependent, be independent of, interdependent, dependance, depend, depend on, depending, dependant, dependable, tendency, preponderance of evidence, repentance, suspended, cadence, penitence, resplendent, sudden death, evidence, incidence, credence, superintendent, transcendent, residence, decadence, impudence.