Synonyms for dependency
dɪˈpɛn dən side·pen·den·cy

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1. dependence, dependance, dependencynoun

   the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

   Synonyms:
   dependence, dependance, habituation, colony, addiction

2. addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituationnoun

   being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

   Synonyms:
   dependence, dependance, habituation, colony, addiction

3. colony, dependencynoun

   a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

   Synonyms:
   dependence, dependance, habituation, colony, settlement, addiction

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1. dependencynoun

   Synonyms:
   adjunct, appurtenance

2. dependencynoun

   Synonyms:
   colony

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1. List of paraphrases for "dependency":

   dependence, addiction, unit, reliance, length, dependent, appurtenance, addictive, addictions, dependencies, 's-length, interdependence

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1. Rodrigo Catril:

   The Fed’s acknowledgment of a slowdown in the pace of the recovery and dependency on vaccine roll out are not new news, but it does provide equity investors a bit of a reality check, pushing out the timing for recovery.

2. Humphrey Knight:

   However, if this did result in a slowdown in Qinghai Salt Lake's potash production then this would hand the advantage to overseas producers as it could increase China's dependency on potash imports.

3. Joshua House:

   This is a common ‘policing for profit’ scheme that we see across the country—governments using their citizens as ATMs, … The city is so financially dependent, and because of that dependency, they have an incentive to find nitpicky violations and convict people for them.

4. The Omani shed:

   Lay aside dreams of greatness and embrace dreams of dependency

5. Shelby Steele:

   I think you’re God's gift right now to black America, to the black community all across America, because we've gotten this terrible, terrible idea coming out of the 60s, that our dependency on the larger society is justice. And that what we need to be doing is protesting, and that we need Black Lives Matter, and that we need black anger and we need black identity, no, those things assuage us as we decline. What we need are traditional family values. A mother and a father — no social programs will ever substitute for that. We need that sort of common sense responsibility for our own fate — don't just keep giving us things, more and more things. Ask more from us and we need to ask more from ourselves.