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Nouns (4)

n. lack of independence or self-sufficiency

n. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

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Fuzzynyms (15)

trust, confidence

n. a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"

confidence

n. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"

sureness, authority, assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence

n. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"

trust, reliance

n. certainty based on past experience; "he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientists"; "he put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun"

regression, fixation, infantile fixation, arrested development

n. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

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Antonyms (2)

independence, independency

n. freedom from control or influence of another or others

dependence

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