| NOUN | state | alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness | habitual intoxication |
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| motive | alcoholism, dipsomania, potomania | an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess |
| Sounds | ae'lkahhhao.lih.zahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| 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 | alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness | |
| Broader | drug addiction, white plague | An addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) |
| Spanish | alcoholismo | |
| Catalan | alcoholisme | |
| Meaning | An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess. | |
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| Synonyms | dipsomania, potomania | |
| Broader | mania, passion, cacoethes | An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
| Spanish | alcoholismo, dipsomanía, potomanía | |
| Catalan | alcoholisme, dipsomania, potomania | |
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