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See also: holism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From alcoholism, one of the first addictions to be widely identified both medically and socially. It should be noted that the word alcoholism is broken up into the root, alcohol, and the suffix -ism, not alco and -holism. The suffix -holism is thus a result of false splitting.
Suffix
[edit]-holism
- A form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency.
Usage notes
[edit]- The term -holism is not an accepted medical term, but is a fairly prominent neologism.
Derived terms
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