American English pronunciation
How to pronounce addiction
IPA transcription: [ə'dɪkʃən]
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Noun
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being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
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an abnormally strong craving
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(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
“under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery”
Usage examples
- McLean suffered from drug and alcohol addiction.
- Carol herself uses student activism as an escapist addiction of her own.
- Blue battled drug addiction over the course of his career.
- They have toured with Jane's Addiction, The Raveonettes, Placebo, The Killers, and Editors.
- Quitlines are helplines that offer advanced treatment for addiction and behavior change.
- Martika wrote the song about a friend who was battling a cocaine addiction.
- It allows Beardsley to speak about his own experience in overcoming addiction.
- "I Wanna Get High" was also featured in the vampire junkie film "The Addiction.
- This would mark the beginning of a serious addiction to both heroin and cocaine.
- An addiction to cocaine shortened Norris's playing career.