Usually means: Dependence on others for support.
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  1. anaclitic: Merriam-Webster
  2. anaclitic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. anaclitic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. anaclitic: Vocabulary.com
  5. anaclitic: Wiktionary
  6. anaclitic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  9. anaclitic: FreeDictionary.org
  10. anaclitic: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. anaclitic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. anaclitic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. anaclitic: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. anaclitic: Merriam-Webster

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  1. anaclitic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. anaclitic: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (anaclitic)

adjective:  (psychoanalysis) Denoting a person whose choice of love-interest arises from the dependence of the libido on another instinct (e.g., hunger).
adjective:  Pertaining to an acute emotional dependence on another person or persons.

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