interdependent Add to list Share. When objects or people are interdependent, they come to rely on each other for survival. As business becomes more and more international, the world is increasingly interdependent, with countries needing each other's help to survive.

What is an example of being interdependent?

All living things depend on their environment to supply them with what they need, including food, water, and shelter. This is known as interdependence. For example, living things that cannot make their own food must eat other organisms for food.

What is it called when two things depend on each other?

mutualism Add to list Share. When two parties depend on one another — whether in a biological, social, or financial relationship — and both benefit from the alliance, that's mutualism. ... In 1849, French Socialist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon coined the word mutualism to describe his financial theories.