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nonaddict

noun

Etymology

From non- + addict.

  1. borrowed from addictus
  2. formed as nonaddict — “non- + addict”

Definitions

  1. One who is not an addict.

    • But methadone is a dangerous drug. If taken orally by a nonaddict, it can cause euphoria or even death.
    • What the science shows, he says, is that the brain of an addict is fundamentally different from that of a nonaddict.
    • Those nonaddicts who picked a winning card had increased blood flow to the striatum, but the gambling addicts who picked the right card had much less of it (their reward system was less active).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonaddict. 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