addiction

[Ad*dic·tion]

An addiction is an abnormally strong craving for something, which can sometimes grow so strong you have trouble living without it.

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The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

Noun
(Roman law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"

Noun
an abnormally strong craving

Noun
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)


n.
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.


Addiction

Ad*dic"tion , n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.] The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. "His addiction was to courses vain." Shak.

The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.

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Usage Examples

We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.

Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.

Let us build a 21st-century rural economy of cutting-edge companies and technologies that lead us to energy and food security. Such an investment will revitalize rural America, re-establish our moral leadership on climate security and eliminate our addiction to foreign oil.

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Other Usage Examples

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.

The addiction to sports, therefore, in a peculiar degree marks an arrested development in man's moral nature.

Drugs are merely the most obvious form of addiction in our society. Drug addiction is one of the things that undermines traditional values.

The model of ownership, in a society organized round mass consumption, is addiction.

Americans' addiction to sports, with the NFL at the top, is based on the excitement generated by the potential for the unexpected great play which can only happen with honest competition from great athletes.

As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.

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