mutual dependence
Both need each other
Mutual dependence describes a relationship where two or more parties rely on each other—neither can function fully without the other.
The term appears in ecology, economics, and personal relationships: The mutual dependence of bees and flowering plants drives pollination.
Unlike one-sided dependence, mutual dependence implies balance and reciprocity, though the relationship may still be unequal in degree.
- symbiosisInterspecies biological interdependence
- codependenceExcessive reliance on another
- joined at the hipExtremely close, always together
- relianceState of needing support
- lean onDepend on for support
reciprocity · two-way street · entanglement · tangled web · partnership · bond · connection · ecosystem · web · intertwined · leaning · support · safety net · exchange · balance · give-and-take · give and take · cooperation
- connectionslink, links, connect, connection, tie
- dependencerely, need, rely on, neediness, reliance
- paradoxescatch-22, Zeno's paradox, Zeno's paradoxes, causal loop, bootstrap paradox
mutual dependenceautonomy
Independent decision-making capacity
self-sufficiency · self-reliance · autarky · separateness · disconnection
mutual dependencedomination
Supreme authority held
subjugation · hegemony · subordination · vassalage · colonialism
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