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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. 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;
[syn: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness]

2. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess;
[syn: dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

alcoholism \al"co*hol*ism\ ([a^]l"k[-o]*h[o^]l*[i^]z'm), n. [Cf. F. alcoolisme.] 1. (Med.) Chronic excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages that leads to social, occupational, psychological and physiological problems. [AS] 2. (Med.) Psychological and physiological dependence on alcohol; sudden cessation of drinking may lead to withdrawal symptoms. [AS + PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alcoholism n 1: 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 [syn: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness] 2: an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess [syn: dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "alcoholism": a habit, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholic addiction, alcoholic psychosis, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, bottle nose, chain smoking, chronic alcoholism, cocainism, crash, craving, delirium tremens, dependence, dipsomania, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, ebriosity, grog blossom, habitual drunkenness, habituation, heavy drinking, nicotine addiction, oenomania, oinomania, pathological drunkenness, physical dependence, problem drinking, psychological dependence, tolerance, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms