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1. (n.) addiction
dependence on or commitment to a habit, practice, or habit-forming substance to the extent that its cessation causes trauma.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L)
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1. (noun) addiction, dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
2. (noun) addiction
an abnormally strong craving
3. (noun) addiction
(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
"under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
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1. (noun) addiction
an inability to stop doing sth harmful
a gambling addiction; alcoholism and other addictions
2. addiction
strong desire to do sth all the time
my crossword puzzle addiction
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1. (noun) Addiction
the state of being addicted; devotion; inclination
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Sense: (often withto) dependent on (especially a drug)
He is addicted to alcohol.
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 Afrikaans: verslawing |
 Arabic: إدْمَان |
 Bulgarian: зависимост |
 Brazilian: vício |
 Czech: závislost |
 German: die Sucht |
 Danish: afhængighed |
 Greek: εθισμός |
 Spanish: adicción |
 Estonian: sõltuvus |
 Farsi: اعتیاد |
 Finnish: riippuvuus |
 French: dépendance |
 Hebrew: הִתְמַכּרוּת |
 Hindi: लत |
 Croatian: ovisnost |
 Hungarian: szenvedélyes szeretet/rag |
 Indonesian: ketergantungan |
 Icelandic: fíkniávani |
 Italian: dipendenza |
 Japanese: 中毒 |
 Korean: 중독 |
 Lithuanian: žalingas įprotis |
 Latvian: kaitīgs ieradums; nodošan |
 Malay: ketagihan |
 Dutch: verslaving |
 Norwegian: avhengighet, misbruk |
 Polish: nałóg |
 Persian: اعتیاد |
 Pashto: اخته شوی |
 Portuguese: habituação |
 Romanian: dependenţă |
 Russian: пристрастие к чему-либо |
 Slovak: závislosť, sklon |
 Slovenian: odvisnost |
 Serbian: zavisnost |
 Swedish: missbruk, böjelse |
 Thai: การติดยาเสพติด |
 Turkish: bağımlılık, tiryakilik |
 Taiwanese: 成癮，癮 |
 Ukrainian: залежність від чого; згуб |
 Urdu: عادت |
 Vietnamese: sự nghiện |
 Chinese: 成瘾，瘾 |
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