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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

सह-निर्भर

Pronunciation / Transliteration: saha-nirbhar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Codependent/ˌkoʊ.dɪˈpɛn.dənt/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उनका रिश्ता अत्यधिक सह-निर्भरता से ग्रस्त है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Characterized by excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner, typically one who requires support due to an illness or addiction.

    "Her therapist explained that staying in the relationship was enabling his behavior and keeping them both in a codependent cycle."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is codependent in a relationship.

    "Support groups offer a safe space for codependents to learn how to set healthy emotional boundaries."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed in English by combining the prefix 'co-' (meaning together or jointly) with 'dependent', originating in the late 20th century within the psychology and addiction recovery communities. Initially used to describe partners of alcoholics, the term's semantic scope expanded broadly to signify any excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner.

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