alcoholism

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alcoholism (enc)

Noun	1.	alcoholism - Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness drug addiction, white plague - an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)
	2.	alcoholism - an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess dipsomania, potomania cacoethes, mania, passion - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

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