Usually means: Attachment or dependency, often excessive.
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  1. clingingness: Merriam-Webster
  2. clingingness: Collins English Dictionary
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▸ noun:  Synonym of clinginess

Similar:
clinginess, stickiness, cliqueyness, adhesion, cliquiness, cliquishness, clamminess, clumpiness, clanship, cloyingness, more...

Opposite:
detachment, independence, autonomy

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Similar:
clinginess, stickiness, cliqueyness, adhesion, cliquiness, cliquishness, clamminess, clumpiness, clanship, cloyingness, more...

Opposite:
detachment, independence, autonomy



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