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heroinism

noun

Etymology

From heroine + -ism, modelled after heroism.

  1. derived from ἡρωΐνη
  2. borrowed from hērōīna
  3. suffixed as heroinism — “heroine + ism”

Definitions

  1. The qualities of a heroine or the display of those qualities

    The qualities of a heroine or the display of those qualities; heroism performed by a female.

  2. heroin addiction

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for heroinism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA