alkoholism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alkoholismus, Polish alkoholizm, or Russian алкоголи́зм (alkogolízm).

Noun

alkoholism

1. (non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of alcoholism.
   • 1997 June 19, Klaus Günther Beck, “KZ-DEATH: PCHYSOMATIC DISEASE (NOT GAS)”, in alt.revisionism‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:

     Yes, it is called alkoholism.

   • 1998 February 25, Elzbieta Maslak, “Lonely drinking”, in rec.food.drink‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:

     What do you think about lonely drinking. Is it a sign of alkoholism ?

   • 1998 March 5, Bo Warming, “Moral Relativism: kz-Wilde and sado-masochism”, in alt.revisionism‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:

     Diagnosis are said to be meningitis/alkoholism/syphilis/eardamage-from-fall-in-prison

   • 1999 June 27, Micke Ionas, “American vs Russian”, in fido7.ru.talk.english‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:

     You're surely must know that americans mostly quiting smoking for now. And alkoholism is russian national problem.

Estonian

Etymology

alkohol +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑlkohoˈlism/, [ɑlkoɦoˈlʲisˑm̥]
• Rhymes: -ism
• Hyphenation: al‧ko‧ho‧lism

Noun

alkoholism (genitive alkoholismi, partitive alkoholismi)

1. alcoholism

Declension

Declension of alkoholism (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		alkoholism	alkoholismid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	alkoholismi
genitive			alkoholismide
partitive		alkoholismi	alkoholisme alkoholismisid
illative		alkoholismi alkoholismisse	alkoholismidesse alkoholismesse
inessive		alkoholismis	alkoholismides alkoholismes
elative		alkoholismist	alkoholismidest alkoholismest
allative		alkoholismile	alkoholismidele alkoholismele
adessive		alkoholismil	alkoholismidel alkoholismel
ablative		alkoholismilt	alkoholismidelt alkoholismelt
translative		alkoholismiks	alkoholismideks alkoholismeks
terminative		alkoholismini	alkoholismideni
essive		alkoholismina	alkoholismidena
abessive		alkoholismita	alkoholismideta
comitative		alkoholismiga	alkoholismidega

References

• alkoholism in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “alkoholism”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Swedish

Etymology

From alkohol +‎ -ism, coined by Swedish doctor Magnus Huss, along with New Latin alcoholismus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alkʊ(hʊ)ˈlɪsm/

Noun

alkoholism c

1. alcoholism

Declension

Declension of alkoholism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alkoholism	alkoholisms
	definite	alkoholismen	alkoholismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• alkohol
• alkoholist, alkis (clipped form)

References

• “alkoholism”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “alkoholism”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• Svensk MeSH