NOUN | motive | dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania | an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess |
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Meaning | An intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess. | |
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Synonyms | alcoholism, 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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