addiction

Meanings

• an urge or compulsion to engage in a particular behavior or substance, despite negative consequences

  - "He struggled with an addiction to gambling, often losing large sums of money."
  - "She was addicted to prescription painkillers, which she took even when she didn't have a legitimate prescription."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with addiction
addiction , recession , session , transmission

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Variants

List of all variants of addiction that leads to same result
addiction , addictions

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word addiction comes from the Latin word 'addicere,' which means 'to bind or obligate.'

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