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inter-dependent

inter-dependent is the alternative spelling of interdependent.

Meaning of interdependent

Adjective

interdependent (comparative more interdependent, superlative most interdependent)

  1. Mutually dependent; reliant on one another.
    • The whole tone of my book is […]to urge that the morality which has been by our necessities developed in the society of individuals must also be applied to the society of nations as that society becomes by virtue of our development more interdependent.1910 [1909], Norman Angell, The Great Illusion, page 334

Forms of inter-dependent

comparativemore inter-dependent
superlativemost inter-dependent

Questions about inter-dependent

What is inter-dependent the alternative spelling of?
Inter-dependent is the alternative spelling of interdependent.

Words near inter-dependent in the dictionary

  1. inter-car
  2. inter-city
  3. inter-denominational
  4. inter-departmental
  5. inter-departmentally
  6. inter-dependent
  7. inter-diocesan
  8. inter-ethnic
  9. inter-firm
  10. inter-individual
  11. inter-is

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