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Interdependency

Mutual dependence; as, interdependency of interests.

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Commensalism 76% connected

The act of eating together; table fellowship.

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Mutualism 76% connected

The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare.

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Parasitism 76% connected

The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.

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Sharing 76% connected

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symbiosis 76% connected

A close and long-term relationship between two different species

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Reciprocality 76% connected

The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.

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Reciprocity 76% connected

Mutual action and reaction.

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Mutual 74% connected

Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, adva…

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Mutual 74% connected

Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, adva…

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Reciprocal 74% connected

Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

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Reciprocal 74% connected

Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.

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Interdependence 92% connected

Mutual dependence.

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Mutuality 92% connected

The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence.

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Absolute adjective · 78% connection

Loosed from, or unconnected by, dependence on any other being; self-existent; self-sufficing.

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Anaclisis noun · 78% connection

(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure

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Anchor noun · 78% connection

Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety.

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By-dependence noun · 78% connection

An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory.

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Coherency noun · 78% connection

Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a…

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Cohesion noun · 78% connection

Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas.

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Community noun · 78% connection

A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as,…

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Consecution noun · 78% connection

A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence.

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Dependancy noun · 78% connection

See Dependent, Dependence, Dependency.

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Dependence noun · 78% connection

That on which one depends or relies; as, he was her sole dependence.

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Dependency noun · 78% connection

State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

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Dependingly adverb · 78% connection

As having dependence.

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Disappendent adjective · 78% connection

Freed from a former connection or dependence; disconnected.

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Emancipation noun · 78% connection

The act of setting free from the power of another, from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence; also, the state of…

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Exchange noun · 78% connection

A mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, as fee simple f…

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Expectant noun · 78% connection

One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good.

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Formalism noun · 78% connection

The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.

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Incoherency noun · 78% connection

Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of argumen…

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