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co-dependent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
co-de-pen-dent
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mutually dependent (especially of an unhealthy psychological relationship in which one person perpetuates another's addiction or harmful behaviour).

noun

A person in such a relationship.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English dependent English co-dependent From co- + dependent.

Inflected Forms

more co-dependent (comparative) most co-dependent (superlative) codependent (alternative) co-dependents (plural)

Phrases

dependent personality disorder

Frequently Paired Words

codependence codependency dependent personality disorder

Questions

What does co-dependent mean?
Mutually dependent (especially of an unhealthy psychological relationship in which one person perpetuates another's addiction or harmful behaviour).
Where does co-dependent come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English dependent English co-dependent From co- + dependent.

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