Definition of "interdependent" []

• Mutually dependent: "Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests” ( Jacqueline Grennan Wexler). (adjective)

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• "*** The court based this decision on its finding that the long-term interdependent nature of the 10-year relationship between appellant and Blanchard “fulfills any definitional criteria of the term ‘family.’”"
• "This concept is sometimes referred to as the interdependent utility."
• "A long-term interdependent couple is a long-term interdependent couple, no matter what the gender or sexuality of the people in it."