A simple distinction might be to call a dependency on a platform symbiotic or parasitic.
What psychologists would call a dependency trap, altogether a very teenage mad-at-your-dad cornerstone on which to found a religion.
Its wild counterpart, M. genitalium, has such a shrunken genome because it is far along what he called "a path of dependency" — as a parasite, it has outsourced many of its functions to its hosts, becoming less and less self-sufficient.
The story is, in courtly form, what Bertolt Brecht called a "Ballad of Sexual Dependency," and it's a compelling one.
Addiction is a matter of concern because it limits independence — that's why we call it a "dependency issue". We live our lives protecting our independence, which we cede only in exchange for a few greater goods.
President Carter, during the Iranian revolution, called an effort to reduce dependency on foreign oil "the moral equivalent of war".
Officials in East Timor also worry about what they call a "culture of dependency" in which residents become listless and passive.
Mr. Perdue, in particular, has been outspoken in his call to reduce its rolls, criticizing what he calls a culture of dependency among SNAP recipients.
But throughout, according to the trustee, Irving H. Picard, Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz kept investing with Mr. Madoff, in what the lawsuit calls a "cycle of dependency".
Laurent Wauquiez, the Europe minister, recently called welfare dependency a "cancer in French society" and said that recipients should contribute at least five hours of community service a week.
