Definitions
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- adjective
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
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Examples
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Dont worry, there are other legitimate reasons to express your co-dependent nature.
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Dont worry, there are other legitimate reasons to express your co-dependent nature.
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Maybe this co-dependent relationship they've developed is the reason they haven't accomplished anything worthwhile since making one of the best horror movies of the last decade.
Lucky McKee and Angela Bettis Reteaming For Offspring: The Woman | /Film 2010
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To some, poverty should be relative, to ensure a role for themselves in the co-dependent, victim, and “evil-doer” * triangle.
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In the comedy, a co-dependent father and his teenage daughter's relationship is turned upside down when they are put together in a unique situation.
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* The co-dependent relationship between Harry Reid and Nevada: Read of the morning: Shailagh Murray gets inside Nevadans 'complex relationship with the Federal government and how it's driving the race of Reid's life.
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2010
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Most economists describe the two economies as co-dependent.
WikiLeaks: How China Flexes It's Economic Muscles Nicole Hardesty 2011
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They are qualities, habits, and methods that Bush and Cheney shunned from the first day of their co-dependent Presidency.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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Most economists describe the two economies as co-dependent.
WikiLeaks: How China Flexes It's Economic Muscles Nicole Hardesty 2011
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They even weathered one of the all-time, co-dependent relationships between a GM and an owner.
With Donovan McNabb benched, loyalty gets waived at Redskins Park Mike Wise 2010
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