addictive

English

Etymology

First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈdɪktɪv/

Adjective

addictive (comparative more addictive, superlative most addictive)

1. Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

   These are addictive drugs.

2. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

   He has an addictive personality.

Synonyms

• habit-forming

Antonyms

• nonaddictive

Related terms

• addict
• addicted
• addicting
• addiction

Derived terms

• addictively
• addictiveness
• addictive personality

Translations

causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming

• Arabic: مسبب للإدمان (ar) m
• Catalan: addictiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上癮的 (cmn), 上瘾的 (cmn) (shàngyǐn de)

• Czech: návykový (cs) m
• Dutch: verslavend
• Finnish: riippuvuutta (fi) aiheuttava (fi), addiktiivinen (fi)
• French: addictif (fr)
• German: süchtig machend (de), verführerisch (de)
• Hebrew: ממכר (he) (m'makér)
• Italian: dipendente (it)

• Japanese: 中毒性の (ja) (ちゅうどくせいの, chūdokusei no), 常習的な (ja) (じょうしゅうてき, jōshūteki na)
• Polish: uzależniający m, powodujący uzależnienie
• Portuguese: viciante (pt)
• Romanian: dependent (ro)
• Russian: затягивающий (ru) (zatjágivajuščij), аддиктивный (ru) (addiktívnyj)
• Spanish: enviciador (es), adictivo (es)
• Swedish: beroendeframkallande (sv), vanebildande (sv)
• Thai: เสพติด (th) (sèp dtìt)
• Turkish: alışkanlık yapan (tr)
• Volapük: ludivodik (vo)

Noun

addictive (plural addictives)

1. A drug that causes an addiction.
2. Anything that is very habit-forming.

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

addictive f

1. feminine form of addictif