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Definition of Overdependence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overdependence
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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