| NOUN | motive | potomania, dipsomania, alcoholism | 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 | dipsomania, alcoholism | |
| 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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