DIPSOMANIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

Synonyms:

alcoholism; dipsomania; potomania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("dipsomania" is a kind of...):

cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)

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