Addiction

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance: a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction.
  • n. An instance of this: a person with multiple chemical addictions.
  • n. The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.
  • n. An instance of this: had an addiction for fast cars.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
  • n. A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
  • n. A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being given up to some habit, practice, or pursuit; addictedness; devotion.
  • n. In Roman law, a formal giving over or delivery by sentence of court; hence, a surrender or dedication of any one to a master.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
  • n. (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
  • n. an abnormally strong craving
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    award    awarding    craving   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    devotion    inclination    application   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    affliction    benediction    constriction    contradiction    conviction   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    addict    nicotine    illness    abuse    withdrawal   
     
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