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ALCOHOL ADDICTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
alcohol addiction; alcoholism; drunkenness; inebriation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("alcohol addiction" is a kind of...):
drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))
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