connascence

noun4

1. •
   A relationship between two or more elements of software in which changing one necessitates changing the others in order to maintain overall correctness; a metric for such a relationship.

   • The construct of inheritance–although wildly popular in most object-oriented shops—may sometimes introduce raging connascence. — 2000
2. •
   The state of being born into the same family, race, or group; a commonality of heritage or birthright.

   • No: had not Esther been involved in the edict against the Jews, by her connascence and her religious profession, Mordecai might have pleaded in vain for her perilous interference. — 1817
3. •
   (no longer used) The birth of two or more things at the same time; A simultaneous coming into being.

   • […] and as a connascence of date it may be mentioned that he laid Kirby's foundation-stone in 1570. — 1914
4. •
   (no longer used) The act of growing or developing together.

   • Socialization of the law by federal statutes reflected by the development of legal principles in connascence with the economic evolution of the United States of America. — 1917