Definition of Overdependence

1. Noun. Excessive reliance on ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overdependence

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdependence

overdecorate
overdecorated
overdecorates
overdecorating
overdecoration
overdecorations
overdede
overdelicate
overdelighted
overdelivering
overdemanding
overdense
overdensities
overdensity
overdenture
overdependence
overdependences
overdependent
overdesign
overdesigned
overdesigning
overdesigns
overdetection
overdetermination
overdetermine
overdetermined
overdetermines
overdetermining
overdevelop
overdeveloped

Literary usage of Overdependence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon, Robert Q. Marston (1986)
"These include frequent appearances on sick call with vague and questionable health complaints; overdependence on medications and tranquilizers; ..."

2. Field Hearing on "Education at a Crossroads, What Works? What's Wasted edited by Peter Hoekstra (2000)
"... an overdependence on the agriculture industry and on ag land to be the primary supplier of educational funding in financially depressed times, ..."

3. The Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading: With a Review of the History of by Edmund Burke Huey (1908)
"... and the concrete must precede the abstract, there comes a time when overdependence on the object itself cripples the power to think, when the further ..."

4. The Forces of Freedom in Spain, 1974-1979: A Personal Account by Samuel D. Eaton (1981)
"Neither the fact nor the appearance of overdependence on one superpower was deemed desirable. The psychologically based tensions that could develop from ..."

5. Rural Substance Abuse: State of Knowledge & Issues edited by Elizabeth B. Robertson (1999)
"This adds to the already known and serious consequences of overdependence on drugs and alcohol. Young men who are socially isolated not only tend to drink ..."

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