addiction

English

Etymology

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From addict +‎ -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈdɪkʃən/

Noun

addiction (countable and uncountable, plural addictions)

1. (medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
2. The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
3. A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
4. A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     His addiction was to courses vain.

References

Translations

the state of being addicted

• Arabic: إِدْمَان (ar) m (ʔidmān)
• Assamese: নিচা (nisa)
• Asturian: adicción f
• Azerbaijani: asılılıq (az)
• Bulgarian: зависимост (bg) (zavisimost), пристрастеност (bg) (pristrastenost)
• Catalan: addicció (ca) f
• Czech: závislost (cs) f, návyk (cs) m
• Danish: afhængighed (da) c
• Dutch: verslaving (nl) n, verslaafdheid n
• Esperanto: manio (eo)
• Estonian: sõltuvus
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi), addiktio (fi)
• French: dépendance (fr) f, addiction (fr) f
• Galician: adicción (gl) f
• German: Abhängigkeit (de) f, Sucht (de) f
• Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi), εθισμός (el) m (ethismós)
• Hebrew: התמכרות (he)
• Hungarian: függőség (hu)
• Interlingua: dependentia
• Irish: andúil f
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• Italian: dipendenza (it)
• Korean: 중독 (ko) (jungdok)
• Maori: waranga
• Norman: addiction f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: avhengighet (no)
• Persian: اعتیاد (fa)
• Polish: uzależnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: viciado (pt) m, vício (pt), adicção
• Romanian: adicție (ro) f, dependență (ro) f
• Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd f
• Spanish: adicción (es) f
• Swedish: beroende (sv) n
• Tagalog: sugapa
• Turkish: bağımlılık (tr), iptila (tr)
• Welsh: caethiwed (cy) m

a habit or practice

• Arabic: إِدْمَان (ar) m (ʔidmān)
• Azerbaijani: asılılıq (az)
• Bulgarian: навик (bg) (navik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成癮／成瘾 (zh) (chéngyǐn), 成瘾 (zh) (chéngyǐn), 癮／瘾 (zh) (yǐn), 瘾 (zh) (yǐn), 癮頭／瘾头 (zh) (yǐntóu), 瘾头 (zh) (yǐntóu)

• Czech: návyk (cs) m
• Danish: mani c
• Esperanto: manio (eo)
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi), himo (fi), addiktio (fi)
• French: dépendance (fr) f
• German: Abhängigkeit (de) f
• Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)
• Interlingua: dependentia
• Italian: dipendenza (it)
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• Japanese: 中毒 (ja) (ちゅうどく, chūdoku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avhengighet (no) m or f

• Polish: nałóg (pl) m, uzależnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: adicção
• Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ), па́губная привы́чка f (págubnaja privýčka)
• Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd f
• Spanish: adicción (es) f
• Tagalog: sugapa
• Turkish: düşkünlük (tr), tutku (tr)

a pathological relationship

• Czech: závislost (cs) f
• Danish: sygt forhold n, destruktiv relation c
• Finnish: riippuvuus (fi), addiktio (fi)
• Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)
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• Polish: współuzależnienie c
• Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd f

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• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వ్యసనము (te) (vyasanamu)
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French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin addictio, addictionem; probably through English addiction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dik.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

addiction f (plural addictions)

1. addiction

Related terms

• addict

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English addiction.

Noun

addiction f (plural addictions)

1. (Jersey, medicine) addiction