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English noun: alcoholism

1. alcoholism (state) 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


Synonymsalcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation


Broader (hypernym)drug addiction, white plague

2. alcoholism (motive) an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess


Synonymsdipsomania, potomania


Broader (hypernym)cacoethes, mania, passion









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