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co-dependency
/ ˌəʊɪˈɛԻəԲɪ /
noun
- psychol a state of mutual dependence between two people, esp when one partner relies emotionally on supporting and caring for the other partner
Derived Forms
- ˌ-ˈԻԳ, adjectivenoun
Example Sentences
In the first half of the book, Lucca lays out some of Cronenberg’s films along a map of the subconscious, so that 1988’s “Dead Ringers,” the story of a deadly co-dependency between twins, becomes an example of Carl Jung’s theory of the “anima” and “animus,” of the twins desire to reconcile their male and female sides, and 1986’s “The Fly” becomes a speculation on whether illness can alter one’s identity.
And their relationship, a mix of co-dependency and scapegoating, has echoes of Alan Partridge and his assistant, Lynn.
On “My Fault,” he duets with Noah Cyrus on a ballad of co-dependency in a bleak L.A., a dark mirror of Soundcloud rap’s obsession with benzos and nihilism — “It’s hard for me to see you when you’re drunk / In a bathroom stall, takin’ pills, givin’ up … This road you lead me down is too long / It ain’t nothin’ like the streets I grew up on.”
White: There’s some co-dependency going on there.
Ms Skinner's debut show explores the co-dependency she created with Ms Truss through her parody character.
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