addiction

ad·dic·tion

noun \ə-ˈdik-shən, a-\

Definition of ADDICTION

1

: the quality or state of being addicted <addiction to reading>

2

: compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance (as heroin, nicotine, or alcohol) characterized by tolerance and by well-defined physiological symptoms upon withdrawal; broadly : persistent compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful

Examples of ADDICTION

1. He has a drug addiction.
2. His life has been ruined by heroin addiction.
3. He devotes his summers to his surfing addiction.

First Known Use of ADDICTION

1599

Related to ADDICTION

Synonyms: dependence (also dependance), habit, jones [slang], monkey

Related Words: alcoholism, heroinism, morphinism; habituation, tolerance

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Rhymes with ADDICTION

affliction, confliction, constriction, conviction, depiction, eviction, indiction, infliction, nonfiction, prediction, reliction, restriction, transfixion

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