codependent
[kòudipéndənt]
Codependent relationships signify a degree of unhealthy clinginess, where one person doesn't have self-.
But she’s so codependent that she can’t just abandon the lifestyle.
think that it really is a codependent relationship.
The Difference Between Being Devoted To Your Partner & Being In An Unhealthy Codependent Relationship
The codependent may seek to participate in the narcissist's omnipotence, or use them as sanction for their own...
Narcissists are considered to be natural magnets for the codependent.
But there's no parasitic codependent relationship.
I'm just an anorexic, codependent, cellphone addict
A parent can, nevertheless, be codependent towards their own children if the caretaking or parental sacrifice reaches unhealthy or...
Codependent in a Sentence
The codependent wife can’t imagine a life without her alcoholic husband, even though he is abusive.
A co-dependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
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The Difference Between Being Devoted To Your Partner & Being In An Unhealthy Codependent Relationship
How healthy is your level of attachment?
By Sherry Gaba — Updated on May 04, 2023
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In a healthy relationship, both people depend on each other. That mutual dependence makes both people in the relationship feel safe and that sense of security nurtures their resourcefulness and resilience.
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Since your partner is dependable, you can be more fearless and more self-sufficient. Your partner celebrates your strength and independence in you and you celebrate theirs.
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How healthy is your level of attachment?
By Sherry Gaba — Updated on May 04, 2023
man and woman embracing and hugging
Photo: Pacfoto / Shutterstock
In a healthy relationship, both people depend on each other.
That mutual dependence makes both people in the relationship feel safe and that sense of security nurtures their resourcefulness and resilience.
co-dependent (adj.)
also codependent, by 1905, in various senses, from co- + dependent. Modern psychological sense "dysfunctionally supporting or enabling another in a relationship in addiction or other self-destructive behavior" is attested from c. 1983. Related: Co-dependence, co-dependency.
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co-
in Latin, the form of com- "together, with" in compounds with stems beginning in vowels, h-, and gn-; see com-. Taken in English from 17c. as a living prefix meaning "together, mutually, in common," and used promiscuously with native words (co-worker) and Latin-derived words not beginning with vowels (codependent), including some already having it (co-conspirator).
dependent (adj.)
also dependant, late 14c., "relying for existence on;" early 15c. as "contingent, related to some condition;" from Old French dependant, present-participle adjective from dependre "to hang down," from Latin dependere "to hang from, hang down; be dependent on, be derived," from de "from, down" (see de-) + pendere "to hang, cause to hang; weigh" (from PIE root *(s)pen- "to draw, stretch, spin").
For spelling, see dependant (n.). In some cases the English word is directly from Latin dependentem (nominative dependens), present participle of dependere. From early 15c. in the literal sense of "hanging down, pendent." From 1640s as "subordinate, under the control of or needing aid from an extraneous source." Dependent variable in mathematics is recorded from 1852.
To fit in with the changes, co-alcoholism was updated to co-chemically dependent. Being too much of a mouthful to say, it was shortened to co-dependent. Early on, the term codependency described a persons compulsive predilection to be in relationships with chemically dependent partners.