Hypertext Webster Gateway: "addiction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Addiction \Ad*dic"tion\, n. [Cf. L. addictio an adjudging.]
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination. ``His
addiction was to courses vain.'' --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
addiction
n 1: being abnormally dependent on something that is
psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially
alcohol or narcotic drugs) [syn: {dependence}, {dependency}]
2: an abnormally strong craving
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