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▪ I. codependent, n. Psychoanal. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ˌkəʊdɪˈpɛnd(ə)nt|, U.S. |ˈˌkoʊdəˈpɛndnt|
[‹ co- prefix + dependent, chiefly U.S. variant of dependant n., after codependency n.]
A person with an excessive emotional or psychological reliance on another (typically a partner or close relative with an illness or addiction requiring care or support).
1979N. S. Archer in Labor-managem. Alcoholism Jrnl. Sept.–Oct. 80/2 The data indicate that both treatment and aftercare are positive forces in the lives of co-dependents. 1989M. Beattie Beyond Codpendency ii. vii. 71 Larry Owen and I conducted a ten-week workshop and support group for ‘advanced codependents’ (those of us who know better, but do it anyway). 1995Kindred Spirit Sept.–Nov. 36/4 As one of the most famous recovering co-dependents in the world, does she think that, freed from personal co-dependent relationships, she is now engaged in ‘caretaking’ on a much wider scale, through her books? 2001Evening Post (Bristol) (Nexis) 17 Mar. 15 Most codependents have spent so long taking care of others they don't even know what their interests are.
▪ II. codependent, a.
Brit. |ˌkəʊdɪˈpɛnd(ə)nt|, U.S. |ˈˌkoʊdəˈpɛndnt|
[‹ co- prefix + dependent adj. In sense 3 after codependency n.]
1. Of two or more entities, mathematical or logical objects, or their values: dependent on each other; dependent in the same way on some common factor or principle.
1935Jrnl. Ecol. 23 441 Subordinate species which change quantitatively along with dominants may really be co-dependent on some external factor which influences both directly. 1982Biometrika 69 518 Generation times in sister cells of Chilodonella steini are regular linearly codependent. 1998Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 14785/2 Our results do not rule out the possibility that Skb1Sp and Shk1 act in a codependent parallel pathway.
2. Math. Of an element h of a group G: such that the right coset Gh, consisting of all multiples of h on the right by elements of G, only satisfies certain conditions if they are also satisfied by the group G as a whole. With on (the group). rare.
1963Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 14 649 A necessary and sufficient condition that each closed right ideal of S be acyclic is that each a in S be right codependent on S.
3. Psychoanal. (orig. and chiefly U.S.). Of or relating to codependency; emotionally or psychologically reliant on supporting another person's dependency.
1982S. Smalley Co-dependency 3 Co-dependent patterns of life can be seen expressed cross-culturally and in all age groups. 1986A. W. Schaef Co-dependence: Misunderstood-Mistreated iv. 61 The most obvious example of co-dependent gullibility is seen in the spouse of the alcoholic who continues to believe that..things will change. 1990Independent 17 Jan. 13/1 Being co-dependent means you never fulfil your own potential. Co-dependent people make..supportive spouses. 1996Heart & Soul (Nexis) 31 May 60 Whenever you're doing all the listening and can't count on your friend for support, you're in a codependent relationship, not a friendship. |