Addiction

Noun

 * 1) The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
 * 2) A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
 * 3) A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.

Adjectives for Addiction
pedantic; stubborn; tiresome; conspicuous; learned; hopeless; desultory; violent; favorite.

Thesaurus
a habit; acquired tolerance; acute alcoholism; addictedness; alcoholism; amphetamine withdrawal symptoms; barbiturate addiction; barbiturism; chain smoking; chronic alcoholism; cocainism; crash; craving; dependence; dipsomania; drug addiction; drug culture; drug dependence; habituation; nicotine addiction; physical dependence; psychological dependence; tolerance; withdrawal sickness; withdrawal symptoms

Etymology
From ; compare addictio:

Translations

 * Bulgarian: зависимост, пристрастеност
 * Dutch: verslaving, verslaafdheid
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Korean: 중독 jungdok


 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: adicción


 * Arabic: الادمان
 * Bulgarian: навик
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 成癮, 成瘾, ,  ,  癮頭,  瘾头
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, пагубная привычка
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: adicción


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