addiction

noun

/əˈdɪkˌʃən/

Etymology

From addict + -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”).

borrowed from addictus
suffixed as addiction — “addict + ion”

Definitions

1
A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in…
A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
- Do your lethal addictions to self-prescriptions numb the ache of the darkest days?
The state of being addicted
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased…
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
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  A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging…
  A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
  - His addiction was to courses vain.

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Derived

addiction-like, addictionlike, addictionology, alcohol addiction, antiaddiction, cyberaddiction, deaddiction, drug addiction, Internet addiction disorder, multiaddiction, multi-addiction, overaddiction, polyaddiction, pseudoaddiction, readdiction

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at addiction. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at addiction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at addiction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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