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interdependence

/ˌɪntədɪˈpendəns/

B1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law noun

The mutual reliance of different categories of rights, each reinforcing the others.

The Vienna Declaration stressed the interdependence of all human rights.

Topic: Human rights in Legal English

Business noun

A relationship in which two or more parties rely on each other.

The org redesign had to account for the tight interdependence between procurement and manufacturing.

Similar: interconnection, mutual reliance

Topic: Consulting in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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