ALCOHOL ADDICTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

Synonyms:

alcohol addiction; alcoholism; drunkenness; inebriation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("alcohol addiction" is a kind of...):

drug addiction; white plague (an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug))

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