Dependence and Weakness

Dependence

Dependence noun - The quality or state of needing something or someone.

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Weakness and dependence are semantically related. in helplessness topic. In some cases you can use "Weakness" instead a noun "Dependence".

Weakness noun - The quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor.

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Dependence and weakness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dependence" instead a noun "Weakness".

Nearby Words: weak, weaken, weakly, weakening, weakling

emotional	emotional dependence	emotional weakness
physical	physical dependence	physical weakness
exact	exact dependence	exact weakness
specific	specific dependence	specific weakness
Other adjectives: true, relative, extreme, great, incredible, psychological, shared, mutual, crippling.

They just don't have any of their own, and view worshipping gods as a weakness, and in fact, held the Iosans' dependence on their gods against them for several millennia before the current storyline.

Source: Tabletop Game / Iron Kingdoms
No Transhumanism Allowed: The film starts out with a transhuman utopia of immortal, disease-proof vampires, whose only real weakness is a dependence on increasingly scarce human blood.

Source: Film / Daybreakers
Caesar is an Evil Luddite who considers over-dependence on technology to be a sign of weakness, and forbids the use of any medicine more complicated than healing powder (a concoction of medicinal herbs).

Source: Hypocrite / Video Games

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