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/ˌkoʊdɪˈpɛndənt/ adjective

— codependent

noun, plural codependents [count]

codependent

adjective

co·​de·​pen·​dent ˌkō-di-ˈpen-dənt How to pronounce codependent (audio)
variants or less commonly co-dependent
1
psychology : participating in or exhibiting codependency
codependent behavior
a codependent relationship
The concept of "codependency" originally arose in describing the dynamics in relationships affected by addictions. The codependent individual was analogous to the "enabler" who takes responsibility for, minimizes the effects of, and overlooks the repercussions of the behavior of people who are in active addiction. Gina M. Sala
2
: mutually dependent
Dancing and hip hop are codependent: We can't have one without the other. Todd James
… the world's stock markets are interconnected and co-dependent. When one market quakes, others can tremble. Gregg Ip
codependent noun
or less commonly co-dependent
plural codependents also co-dependents
Sufferers become excessively dependent on other people's needs, particularly when those others are involved in a self-destructive addiction. In their desperation to save these people—to control their thoughts, actions and feelings—codependents may become as hooked on the addicts as the addicts are hooked on drugs and alcohol. J. D. Reed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web By then the seeds of a mature, non-codependent relationship were sprouting. Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 27 Nov. 2021 Through it all, the US and China remain economically codependent. Aj Willingham, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021 Strangely codependent rivals, each is obsessed with his place in history; each is uneasily aware they will be tethered together in posterity; each is willing to sell out the other in a nanosecond. BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019 In both situations, the men hold the power. Binge drinking and drug use are also widespread among the employees, and long hours working in close quarters lead to unhealthy, codependent relationships. Elisabeth Sherman, Glamour, 15 July 2019 Appalachia, which has been ground into codependent poverty by the coal industry over the course of a century, has been declining, in coal output and employment, for decades. David Roberts, Vox, 9 July 2019 Louise is able to mend the dress for her, which sparks the beginning of their dangerously codependent friendship. Hannah Orenstein, Vox, 12 Sep. 2018 But if attention is the junk, the media is the junkie's codependent junkie girlfriend. Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 July 2017 In Mike Nichols’s triumphant adaptation of the vicious Edward Albee play, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor — known for their turbulent romance offscreen — star as Albee’s unforgettable, bitter and utterly codependent couple. Joshua Barone, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2017 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of codependent was in 1828

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