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单词 dependency
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dependencyn.

/dɪˈpɛndənsi/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -encie; 1500s -ancye, 1600s -ancie, 1600s–1800s -ancy.
Etymology: Formed as dependence n.: see -ancy suffix, -ency suffix.
1. The condition of being dependent; the relation of a thing to that by which it is conditioned; contingent logical or causal connection; = dependence n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > dependence
dependency1597
dependence1605
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxx. 193 That dependencie and order,..whereof the lower sustaining alwaies the more excellent [etc.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 62 Such a dependancy of thing, on thing, As ere I heard in madnesse. View more context for this quotation
1647 J. Sprigge Anglia Rediviva iv. vii. 280 All threded upon one string of dependency.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 336 The Dependency of Evidences makes the resulting Probability weak.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic viii. 245 In this Unfigured Syllogism..the dependency of Extension and Intension does not subsist.
2. The relation of a thing (or person) to that by which it is supported; state of subjection or subordination; = dependence n. 3.
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society > authority > subjection > [noun] > dependency
hangingc1430
dependency1593
dependence1614
unsubsistence1642
leading-string1677
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 72 Hauing no such dependencie vpon any one.
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 251 I have no servile dependancy upon their conceptions.
1724 J. Swift Let. to People of Ireland 4 Ready to shake off the Dependency of Ireland upon the Crown of England.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiv. 264 That you care whether or not a dependent is comfortable in his dependency.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. x. 456 They found England in dependency upon a foreign power; they left it a free nation.
3. Reliance; = dependence n. 5. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > [noun] > reliance
repose1591
dependency1593
reliance1606
reposure1608
reposal1614
dependence1628
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iv. 56 Their dependencie on him was drowned in this conceipt.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. lx. sig. S6v As if God..would leade vs to a dependancie on him.
4. Something dependent or subordinate; a subordinate part; an appurtenance.
a. gen.
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1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xii. 73 Modes I call such complex Ideas, which..are considered as Dependences on, or Affections of Substances.
1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. 4 The Knowledge of human Nature and its Dependencies.
1852 S. R. Maitland Ess. 155 A thorough sifting of this subject, and its dependencies.
b. A body of dependants; a household establishment. Obsolete.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > dependant > body of
clientele1570
cliental1581
clientry1594
dependence1606
dependency1615
clientage1633
pensionry1641
clientelage1843
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 61 This mans Serraglio..answerable to his small dependancie.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 112 The Dependencies and Relations of the Popes and Cardinals, do not suffer the poor Prelats to act according to the Dictates of Equity.
c. A dependent or subordinate place or territory; esp. a country or province subject to the control of another of which it does not form an integral part.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a dependent possession
aparauntc1400
appendance1523
limba1647
dependency1684
appendage1694
appanage1807
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun] > territory governed by a ruler or state > dependent
dependency1684
client state1803
client1875
overseas territory1900
1684 Scanderbeg Redivivus iii. 49 The Kingdom of Poland and great Dutchy of Lyffland, together with all their Dependencies.
1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. i. 2 This Earth and its dependencies.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 342 This is that Sheffield which now, with its dependencies, contains a hundred and twenty thousand souls.
1864 R. A. Arnold Hist. Cotton Famine 464 There is a wide difference between a dependency and a colony. The one is held in trust, the other in absolute fee-simple.
d. An appurtenance (to a dwelling-house, etc.).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > [noun] > with its appurtenances > appurtenance
penthouse1579
dependency1822
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall ii. 12 To visit the stables, dog-kennel and other dependencies.
5.
a. A quarrel ‘depending’ or awaiting settlement; = dependence n. 6b. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > quarrel awaiting settlement
dependence1616
dependency1632
1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B2v Your Masters of Dependencies to take up A drunken brawle.
1637 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Elder Brother v. i. sig. I3 The masters of dependancies, That by compounding differences 'tweene others Supply their owne necessities.
b. gen. An affair pending or awaiting settlement. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [noun] > something uncertain > awaiting settlement
pendant1492
dependency1809
1809 W. Taylor in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 279 In consequence of disagreeable commercial dependencies, which I did not succeed in liquidating.

Draft additions July 2002

dependency culture n. chiefly British Politics a social or political environment characterized by dependency on the State (as through benefits or services) or other external support rather than individual enterprise.
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1973 H. J. Rubin & I. S. Rubin in Asian Surv. 13 270 To succeed in promoting self-help this institution must reduce the effects of the traditional Thai dependency culture.
1990 D. Kavanagh Thatcherism & Brit. Politics (ed. 2) 295 Conservative spokesmen have said that people should reduce their expectations of what government can do and that economic improvements would depend largely on the action of people themselves. In a word, the dependency culture should be replaced by an enterprise one.
1998 Housing Agenda Apr. 8/2 The Budget was billed..as ‘the most serious assault on the dependency culture since the second world war’.
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