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DIPSOMANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
Synonyms:
alcoholism; dipsomania; potomania
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dipsomania" is a kind of...):
cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)