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addiction
  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.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Due to busy yet sedentary lifestyles, many have developed an addiction to snacks and fast foods.”
      “I've developed an addiction to formulaic romantic comedies.”
      “Although these sort of behaviors or consequences often accompany addiction, they are neither always present or inevitable.”
addictedness
  1. The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
  2. The degree of addiction.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She refused to live in a non-urban environment because of her addictedness to used bookstores and coffee shops.”
      “His addictedness was such that unless physically restrained, he would continuously self-administer the drug until he lapsed into unconsciousness.”
addict
  1. A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
  2. An adherent or fan (of something)
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  4. Examples:
    1. “A heroin addict who ran a drugs den frequented by dealers at all hours of the day has been jailed for 18 months.”
      “My eldest brother John, around fifteen at this time, was a music addict and taking banjo lessons from our next-door neighbor.”
addictology
  1. The study of addictions.
  2. (medicine) The practice of treating addictions.
addictive
  1. A drug that causes an addiction.
  2. Anything that is very habit-forming.
addictionologist
  1. (medicine) A physician whose speciality is addictionology
addictologist
  1. A person who practises addictology.
addictivity
  1. (medicine) The characteristic of being addictive.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At any one time, 70% of smokers would like to be able to quit but cannot do so primarily because of the extraordinary addictivity of nicotine.”
      “The drug is a major factor, of course, in its addictivity, but the other piece of it, maybe the bigger piece, the piece that is driving all the drug diversion is buried in that statement.”
      “Apparently, with heroin-like euphoria and addictivity, it's taking over as the drug of choice for inner-city youths, as well as college students.”
addictiveness
  1. The characteristic of being addictive.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Additionally, the album unlocks its hidden charms and addictiveness upon repeated listens.”
      “There is a strange confluence in smoking between social acceptability and the physiological addictiveness of the nicotine itself.”
      “His diaries record recurrent struggles to understand the enigma of his own personality, his spiritual emptiness and addictiveness.”
addictionology
  1. The study and treatment of addiction.
addictionologists
  1. plural of addictionologist
addictologists
  1. plural of addictologist
addictivities
addictions
  1. plural of addiction
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The program is for people who are working on issues such as chemical and process addictions, codependency and dysfunctional family issues.”
      “He soon started using harder drugs and supported his addictions through criminal activities.”
      “Be it knowledge or skills, the general counseling training and experience of the addictions counselor constitutes another source of expertness.”
addictives
  1. plural of addictive
  2. Examples:
    1. “A disturbing trend is that they go after easily available addictives such as whiteners and petroleum-based glues.”
      “Meanwhile, dregs and sediment, as recycling by-products, are inflexed with addictives to make contemporary materials necessary for cement production.”
addicts
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