addiction
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From addict + -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“‘an adjudging, an award’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈdɪkʃən/
[edit] Noun
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addiction (plural addictions)
- 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.
- His addiction was to courses vain. Shakespeare.
[edit] Translations
the state of being addicted
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a habit or practice
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