NOUN | state | alcohol addiction, alcoholism, inebriation, drunkenness | habitual intoxication |
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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. | |
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Synonyms | alcoholism, inebriation, drunkenness | |
Broader | drug addiction, white plague | An addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) |
Spanish | alcoholismo | |
Catalan | alcoholisme |
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