Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - co-dependent

(co-dependents) A co-dependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end. (TECHNICAL) Guys can be co-dependent, too. ADJ • Co-dependent is also a noun. The program is geared around the problems of being a co-dependent. N-COUNT • co-dependency ...the dangers of co-dependency. N-UNCOUNT