alcoholism
English
Etymology
From alcohol + -ism.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/[1][2][3][4] /ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm/[1][3]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm/[3][4][5][6]
Noun
alcoholism (usually uncountable, plural alcoholisms)
- A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
- Synonyms: dipsomania, German vice
- (pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.
Hypernyms
- (addiction): alcohol use disorder (“AUD”) (DSM5)
Derived terms
- -holism
Related terms
- alco
- alcoholic
- alcoholical
- alcoholically
- alcoholicity
- alcoholise
- alcoholist
- alcoholize
- alkie
- alky
- nonalcoholic
- non-alcoholic
Translations
chronic disease
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acute alcohol poisoning
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References
- “alcoholism”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “alcoholism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- “alcoholism”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “alcoholism” (US) / “alcoholism” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “alcoholism”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “alcoholism” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.