Usually means: Excessive emotional dependency on others.
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  1. clinginess: Merriam-Webster
  2. clinginess: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clinginess: Collins English Dictionary
  4. clinginess: Wordnik
  5. clinginess: Wiktionary
  6. clinginess: Dictionary.com
  7. clinginess: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The state or condition of being clingy

Similar:
clingingness, cliqueyness, stickiness, cliquiness, hugginess, clamminess, cliquishness, cuddliness, clanship, cliqueness, more...

Opposite:
independence, self-sufficiency, detachment

Types:
needy, desperate, possessive, jealous, controlling, more...

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Similar:
clingingness, cliqueyness, stickiness, cliquiness, hugginess, clamminess, cliquishness, cuddliness, clanship, cliqueness, more...

Opposite:
independence, self-sufficiency, detachment

Types:
needy, desperate, possessive, jealous, controlling, more...



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