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co-dependent

ADJECTIVE

unhealthy psychological reliance of one person on another

Synonyms

WEAK

addicted attached hooked interconnected interdependent mutually dependent slavish trust unhealthy confidence

Example Sentences

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Will Forte and D’Arcy Carden star in the black comedy/crime thriller set in Australia as co-dependent siblings willing to do anything to get their spray-tan business off the ground.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Wall Street’s health might not faithfully reflect what’s happening on Main Street, but at historical extremes the two can have a nasty, co-dependent relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Can we be as co-dependent with art as we can with another human being?

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2025

Nicolas Cage plays the hellishly demanding boss, in a movie that spoofs the way co-dependent relationships can drag on through a lifetime, becoming all-consuming.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023

The co-dependent relationship between the Japanese press and the Kitagawa empire potentially goes a long way to explain why the story has been ignored.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2023