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ALCOHOL ADDICTION

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• ALCOHOL ADDICTION (noun)
The noun ALCOHOL ADDICTION has 1 sense:

1. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

Familiarity information: ALCOHOL ADDICTION used as a noun is very rare.

• ALCOHOL ADDICTION (noun)

Sense 1

alcohol addiction ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

alcohol addiction; alcoholism; inebriation; drunkenness

Hypernyms ("alcohol addiction" is a kind of...):

drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))

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