illnesslike
English
Etymology
illness + -like
Adjective
illnesslike (comparative more illnesslike, superlative most illnesslike)
- Resembling or characteristic of illness.
- 1996, Linda A. Mercadante, Victims and sinners: spiritual roots of addiction and recovery
- ...the idea that addiction is not simply an issue of will, morality, or crime but an illnesslike compulsion that has distinct physical characteristics.
- 1996, Linda A. Mercadante, Victims and sinners: spiritual roots of addiction and recovery