theinism

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, theine +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθiː.ɪn.ɪz.əm/

Noun

theinism (uncountable)

1. (pathology) theism
   • 1946 January, Hubert J. Norman, “Desultory thoughts on alcohol and on drugs”, in British Journal of Inebriety, volume 43, number 2, London: Society for the Study of Inebriety, →DOI, page 50:

     […] this special form of addiction is described as theism—which word has not, of course, any connection with the similar theological term but is derived from theine, […] Perhaps a better form of the word, in order to avoid ambiguity, is theinism.

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References

• "theinism", in George M. Gould, R J E Scott, The practitioner's medical dictionary, 3rd ed., rev. and enl., Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son, 1919, p. 883. →OCLC.

Anagrams

• semithin