Definition of "codependency" []

• The state of being codependent; codependence (noun)
• Something that is codependent (noun)

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• "He grew up keeping his mother okay, he was trained in codependency from the outset."
• ""The term codependency," says Darlene Albury, LMSW, "refers to a relationship where one or both parties enable the other to act in certain maladaptive ways.""
• "Besides, the child in this situation knows that for as long as he can remember, he has been the glue holding his parents together in psychological terms, this is called codependency."