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narcomania

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English

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Etymology

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From narco- +‎ -mania. Coined by Scottish physician Norman Kerr in 1888.[1][2][3]

Noun

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narcomania (uncountable)

  1. A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.
    • 1990, Mary Schaeffer Conroy, “Abuse of Drugs other than Alcohol and Tobacco in the Soviet Union”, in Soviet Studies, volume 42, number 3, page 451:
      A. S. Sholomovich reported in 1925 that two institutions for child narcotic addicts and eight out-patient clinics for three forms of "narcomania"—alcohol, cocaine, and morphia addiction—were functioning in Moscow.

Usage notes

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Since the early 20th century, narcomania and derived terms have mainly been used to refer to addictive behavior in Eastern Europe and the former USSR (see Translations below).

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References

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  1. ^ Kerr, Norman (1888) Inebriety: its Etiology, Pathology, Treatment and Jurisprudence‎[1], London: H. K. Lewis
  2. ^ Kerr, Norman (1891) “How to deal with inebriates”, in Bericht des III. Internationalen Congresses gegen den Missbrauch Geistiger Getränke, in Christiania vom 3. bis 5. September 1890, herausgegeben vom Organisationscomite [Report of the III. International Congress against the Abuse of Alcoholic Beverages, in Christiania from 3rd to 5th September 1890, published by the organizing committee], Christiania: Det Mallinske Boktrykkeri, page 152
  3. ^ Johan Edman (2015 September) “Temperance and Modernity: Alcohol Consumption as a Collective Problem, 1885–1913”, in Journal of Social History‎[2], volume 49, number 1, pages 20–52
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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Italian

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Etymology

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From narco- +‎ -mania.

Noun

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narcomania f (plural narcomanie)

  1. narcomania
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