addiction
Meaning of addiction
- A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
- The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
- A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
- A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
Information about addiction
- It is a name.
- The plural form of addiction is: addictions.
- Languages in which addiction is used:
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Hyphenation of addiction
ad-dic-tion
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- addiction is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
addiction synonyms
Meaning dependence:
dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
Translation of addiction
- French: dépendance, addiction, assuétude
- German: Sucht, Abhängigkeit
- Spanish: dependencia, adicción
- Italian: dipendenza, assuefazione
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