Synonyms for dependence
dɪˈpɛn dənsde·pen·dence

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1. dependencenoun

   Antonyms:
   independence

2. dependencenoun

   He had a deep dependence on her for guidance.

   Antonyms:
   independence

3. dependencenoun

   Her dependence on cocaine led to her ruin.

   Antonyms:
   independence

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1. dependence, dependance, dependencynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   dependance, habituation, colony, addiction, dependency

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:
   dependance, habituation, colony, addiction, dependency

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1. dependencenoun

   Synonyms:
   connection, concatenation

2. dependencenoun

   Synonyms:
   reliance, trust, confidence

3. dependencenoun

   Synonyms:
   stay, staff, support, prop, buttress, supporter

4. dependencenoun

   Synonyms:
   subordination, subjection

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1. dependencenoun

   Synonyms:
   suspension, dependency, reliance, trust, mainstay, support, contingency

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1. List of paraphrases for "dependence":

   dependency, addiction, reliance, unit, length, appurtenance, dependent, addictions, interdependence

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1. Dyn Research:

   North Korea has significantly less Internet to lose, compared to other countries with similar populations: Yemen (47 networks), Afghanistan (370 networks), or Taiwan (5,030 networks), and unlike these countries, North Korea maintains dependence on a single international provider, China Unicom.

2. Kieran Baxter:

   The scale of the ice loss was immediately evident as we reached altitude but it was only by comparing the images side-by-side that the last 100 years of change were made visible. It was both a breathtaking and heartbreaking experience, particularly knowing that the melt has accelerated massively in the last few decades, unless we drastically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, there will be little ice left to photograph in another hundred years.

3. Thomas Jefferson:

   Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, any more than our opinions in physics or geometry.

4. Vince Lombardi:

   Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.

5. Anil Swarup:

   The environment is non-negotiable and we are extremely careful about it, (But) our dependence on coal will continue. There are no other alternatives available.