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addiction

/ addiction /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(Roman law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
"under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
Type of:
award awarding
Derived:
addict hook
Domain:
Roman law Justinian code civil law
noun Sense 2
an abnormally strong craving
Type of:
craving
noun Sense 3
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
Type of:
physiological state physiological condition
Kinds of:
drug addiction white plague
Derived:
habituate accustom addict hook
Domain:
narcotic
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
13
Times Searched
1
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award awarding craving physiological state physiological condition drug addiction white plague