addiction

English

Etymology

From addict +‎ -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈdɪkʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

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addiction (countable and uncountable, plural addictions)

(medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.^[1]^[2]
- 2019, Thy Art is Murder, Chemical Christ:
  Do your lethal addictions to self-prescriptions numb the ache of the darkest days?
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
- 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  His addiction was to courses vain.

Derived terms

Translations

the state of being addicted

Arabic: إِدْمَان (ar) m (ʔidmān)
Assamese: নিচা (nisa)
Asturian: adicción f
Azerbaijani: aludəçilik
Belarusian: зале́жнасць f (zaljéžnascʹ), адды́кцыя f (addýkcyja)
Bulgarian: зави́симост (bg) f (zavísimost), пристрасте́ност (bg) f (pristrasténost)
Catalan: addicció (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 成癮 / 成瘾 (zh) (chéngyǐn)
Czech: závislost (cs) f, návyk (cs) m
Danish: afhængighed (da) c
Dutch: verslaving (nl) c, verslaafdheid (nl) c
Esperanto: toksomanio
Estonian: sõltuvus
Finnish: riippuvuus (fi), addiktio (fi)
French: dépendance (fr) f, addiction (fr) f
Galician: adicción (gl) f
German: Abhängigkeit (de) f, Sucht (de) f
Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi), εθισμός (el) m (ethismós)
Hebrew: הִתְמַכְּרוּת (he) f (hitmak'rút)
Hindi: व्यसन (hi) m (vyasan)
Hungarian: függőség (hu)
Icelandic: fíkn f
Indonesian: adiksi (id), kecanduan (id), ketagihan (id), ketergantungan (id)
Interlingua: dependentia
Irish: andúil f
Italian: dipendenza (it) f, assuefazione (it) f
Japanese: 嗜癖 (しへき, shiheki)
Korean: 중독(中毒) (ko) (jungdok), 탐닉(耽溺) (tamnik)
Macedonian: зависност f (zavisnost)
Malay: ketagihan (ms), pengagihan
Maori: waranga, wara
Norman: addiction f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avhengighet (no) m or f
Persian: اعتیاد (fa) (e'tiyâd)
Polish: uzależnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: vício (pt), adicção
Romanian: adicție (ro) f, dependență (ro) f
Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ), адди́кция (ru) f (addíkcija), пристра́стие (ru) n (pristrástije)
Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀висно̄ст f, за́висно̄ст f

Roman: òvisnōst (sh) f, závisnōst (sh) f
Slovak: závislosť f
Slovene: zasvojenost f
Spanish: adicción (es) f, vicio (es) m, dependencia (es) f
Swedish: beroende (sv) n
Tagalog: adiksiyon
Turkish: bağımlılık (tr), iptila (tr)
Ukrainian: зале́жність f (zaléžnistʹ)
Welsh: caethiwed (cy) m
Yiddish: אַדיקציע f (adiktsye)
Zazaki: mubtela, fen n

a habit or practice

Arabic: إِدْمَان (ar) m (ʔidmān)
Azerbaijani: asılılıq (az)
Bulgarian: на́вик (bg) m (návik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 成癮 / 成瘾 (zh) (chéngyǐn), 癮 / 瘾 (zh) (yǐn), 癮頭 / 瘾头 (zh) (yǐntóu)
Czech: návyk (cs) m
Danish: mani c
Esperanto: manio
Finnish: riippuvuus (fi), himo (fi), addiktio (fi)
French: dépendance (fr) f
German: Abhängigkeit (de) f
Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)
Interlingua: dependentia
Italian: dipendenza (it) f
Japanese: 中毒 (ja) (ちゅうどく, chūdoku)
Korean: 중독(中毒) (ko) (jungdok)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avhengighet (no) m or f
Polish: nałóg (pl) m, uzależnienie (pl) n
Portuguese: adicção
Russian: зави́симость (ru) f (zavísimostʹ), па́губная привы́чка f (págubnaja privýčka)
Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd f
Spanish: adicción (es) f
Tagalog: adiksiyon
Turkish: düşkünlük (tr), tutku (tr)

a pathological relationship

Czech: závislost (cs) f
Danish: sygt forhold n, destruktiv relation c
Finnish: riippuvuus (fi), addiktio (fi)
Greek: εξάρτηση (el) f (exártisi)
Polish: współuzależnienie c
Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd f

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Translations to be checked

Telugu: ^{(please verify)} వ్యసనము (te) (vyasanamu)

References

^ Angres DH, Bettinardi-Angres K (October 2008). "The disease of addiction: origins, treatment, and recovery". Dis Mon 54 (10): 696–721. doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2008.07.002. pmid:18790142.
^ Malenka RC, Nestler EJ, Hyman SE (2009). "Chapter 15: Reinforcement and Addictive Disorders". In Sydor A, Brown RY. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. pp. 364–365, 375. →ISBN. "The defining feature of addiction is compulsive, out-of-control drug use, despite negative consequences. ...compulsive eating, shopping, gambling, and sex–so-called “natural addictions”– Indeed, addiction to both drugs and behavioral rewards may arise from similar dysregulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system."

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin addictiōnem; probably through English addiction.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.dik.sjɔ̃/
Audio: (file)

Noun

addiction f (plural addictions)

addiction

Related terms

addict

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English addiction.

Noun

addiction f (plural addictions)

(Jersey, medicine) addiction

[1] Angres DH, Bettinardi-Angres K (October 2008). "The disease of addiction: origins, treatment, and recovery". Dis Mon 54 (10): 696–721. doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2008.07.002. pmid:18790142.

[2] Malenka RC, Nestler EJ, Hyman SE (2009). "Chapter 15: Reinforcement and Addictive Disorders". In Sydor A, Brown RY. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. pp. 364–365, 375. →ISBN. "The defining feature of addiction is compulsive, out-of-control drug use, despite negative consequences. ...compulsive eating, shopping, gambling, and sex–so-called “natural addictions”– Indeed, addiction to both drugs and behavioral rewards may arise from similar dysregulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system."

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