Usually means: Excessive reliance on someone or something.
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  1. overdependence: Merriam-Webster
  2. overdependence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. overdependence: Collins English Dictionary
  4. overdependence: Wordnik
  5. overdependence: Wiktionary
  6. overdependence: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Excessive reliance or dependence on something.

Similar:
overdependency, overreliance, over-reliance, overeliance, attachment, overinvolvement, overaddiction, overemphasis, overattachment, overinsistence, more...

Opposite:
independence, self-reliance, autonomy

Types:
codependence, addiction, dependence, substance abuse, more...

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Similar:
overdependency, overreliance, over-reliance, overeliance, attachment, overinvolvement, overaddiction, overemphasis, overattachment, overinsistence, more...

Opposite:
independence, self-reliance, autonomy

Types:
codependence, addiction, dependence, substance abuse, more...



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