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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Psychological dependence on others.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In medicine, the particular attitude taken by a sick person in bed, which affords important indications in some cases; decubitus.

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  • noun (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek anaklisis, a leaning back, from anaklīnein, to lean on : ana-, on; see ana– + klīnein, to lean; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]

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