noun
- the state or condition of not being independent; dependence on something or someone else
Usage: formal; often used in academic or technical contexts
Examples
- The colony's nonindependence on the mother country lasted for over a century.
- Economic nonindependence can limit a nation's ability to make sovereign decisions.
- The study examined the nonindependence of variables in the statistical model.
- Many developing nations struggle with nonindependence in energy production.
- The treaty reflected the nonindependence of the smaller states in the region.