Addiction
noun
A strong need to do or have something regularly, which the person finds difficult to control.
He has battled with drug addiction for many years.
Often appears as...
- struggle with addiction
- addiction treatment
noun
A great interest in a particular thing or activity.
He's got an addiction to computer games.
Often appears as...
- addiction to social media
- addiction to gaming
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Colloquial
noun
A medical condition involving the compulsive use of addictive substances.
Alcohol addiction is a serious disease that needs treatment.
Often appears as...
- addiction therapy
- addiction recovery
noun
A legal term referring to a restriction or obligation due to past behavior or actions.
Due to his addiction, he is mandated to attend rehabilitation.
Often appears as...
- court-ordered addiction treatment
- addiction probation
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Formal
Technical
noun
A strong need to do or have something regularly, which the person finds difficult to control.
He has battled with drug addiction for many years.
Often appears as...
- struggle with addiction
- addiction treatment
noun
A great interest in a particular thing or activity.
He's got an addiction to computer games.
Often appears as...
- addiction to social media
- addiction to gaming
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A medical condition involving the compulsive use of addictive substances.
Alcohol addiction is a serious disease that needs treatment.
Often appears as...
- addiction therapy
- addiction recovery
noun
A legal term referring to a restriction or obligation due to past behavior or actions.
Due to his addiction, he is mandated to attend rehabilitation.
Often appears as...
- court-ordered addiction treatment
- addiction probation
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Difficult Control
Remember, 'addiction' implies a loss of control over actions or behavior.
Even after losing his job, his addiction to gambling continued.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impact
'Addiction' often suggests consequences that harm oneself or others.
Her addiction to her work led to neglecting her family.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical or Psychological
Addiction can be for substances or behaviors, affecting both mind and body.
Many people struggle with addiction to smartphones.
Pro Tip 1/3Difficult Control
Remember, 'addiction' implies a loss of control over actions or behavior.
Even after losing his job, his addiction to gambling continued.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impact
'Addiction' often suggests consequences that harm oneself or others.
Her addiction to her work led to neglecting her family.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical or Psychological
Addiction can be for substances or behaviors, affecting both mind and body.
Many people struggle with addiction to smartphones.
Pro Tip 1/3Difficult Control
Remember, 'addiction' implies a loss of control over actions or behavior.
Even after losing his job, his addiction to gambling continued.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impact
'Addiction' often suggests consequences that harm oneself or others.
Her addiction to her work led to neglecting her family.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical or Psychological
Addiction can be for substances or behaviors, affecting both mind and body.
Many people struggle with addiction to smartphones.
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Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
They lived with their mom and grandfather in a two-story row home with a front lawn and a back porch. Their mom was struggling with addiction all while the boys were growing up. She never really was able to hold down a job for very long. It was their grandfather's pension that supported the family, not really enough to pay for food and clothes
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What is epigenetics? -...
heart disease, mental illness, addiction, and many other conditions. Meanwhile, new genome editing techniques are making it much easier to identify which epigenetic changes really matter for health and disease. Once we understand how our epigenome influences us, we might be able to influence it, too.
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Everything you think you...
And a few years ago, I was looking at some of the addicts in my life who I love, and trying to figure out if there was some way to help them. And I realized there were loads of incredibly basic questions I just didn't know the answer to, like, what really causes addiction?
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The past, present and...
who would otherwise have gone on to become regular smokers won't, because the cigarette that they'll be experimenting with can't create or sustain addiction. This would drive the adult smoking rate down to less than one and a half percent. And these two things combined
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The Demise of Guys PIPE...
addiction is not it's a number of hours you do something addiction arousal is you want variety one change to be addicted to anything means you would rather be doing that than anything in the world and when you're not doing it that's what you're thinking about doing
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What causes opioid...
The number of opioid painkillers prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of opioid addiction, beginning a crisis that continues today. To understand why opioids are so addictive, it helps to trace how these drugs affect the human body from the first dose,
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How people rationalize...
shows three conditions that make fraud pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Pressure is often what motivates someone to engage in fraud to begin with. It could be a personal debt, an addiction, an earnings quota, a sudden job loss,
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This Is What Happens to...
opioid addiction emerges driven by a brain trying to regain its balance but there is hope for Susan though the road to recovery can be challenging and there may be setbacks treatments can retrain Susan's brain with the help of
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Garth Lenz: The true...
The world does not need any more pipelines to wed our addiction to fossil fuels. And the world certainly does not need the largest toxic impoundments to grow and multiply and further threaten the downstream communities.
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What you should know...
have used e-cigarettes in the US. Now, e-cigarettes were originally created to offer smokers a cleaner form of nicotine to help with their cigarette addiction. In the US, these devices come under the FDA's jurisdiction
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
They lived with their mom and grandfather in a two-story row home with a front lawn and a back porch. Their mom was struggling with addiction all while the boys were growing up. She never really was able to hold down a job for very long. It was their grandfather's pension that supported the family, not really enough to pay for food and clothes
Video examples
What is epigenetics? -...
heart disease, mental illness, addiction, and many other conditions. Meanwhile, new genome editing techniques are making it much easier to identify which epigenetic changes really matter for health and disease. Once we understand how our epigenome influences us, we might be able to influence it, too.
Video examples
Everything you think you...
And a few years ago, I was looking at some of the addicts in my life who I love, and trying to figure out if there was some way to help them. And I realized there were loads of incredibly basic questions I just didn't know the answer to, like, what really causes addiction?
Video examples
The past, present and...
who would otherwise have gone on to become regular smokers won't, because the cigarette that they'll be experimenting with can't create or sustain addiction. This would drive the adult smoking rate down to less than one and a half percent. And these two things combined
Video examples
The Demise of Guys PIPE...
addiction is not it's a number of hours you do something addiction arousal is you want variety one change to be addicted to anything means you would rather be doing that than anything in the world and when you're not doing it that's what you're thinking about doing
Video examples
What causes opioid...
The number of opioid painkillers prescriptions skyrocketed, and so did cases of opioid addiction, beginning a crisis that continues today. To understand why opioids are so addictive, it helps to trace how these drugs affect the human body from the first dose,
Video examples
How people rationalize...
shows three conditions that make fraud pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Pressure is often what motivates someone to engage in fraud to begin with. It could be a personal debt, an addiction, an earnings quota, a sudden job loss,
Video examples
This Is What Happens to...
opioid addiction emerges driven by a brain trying to regain its balance but there is hope for Susan though the road to recovery can be challenging and there may be setbacks treatments can retrain Susan's brain with the help of
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
The world does not need any more pipelines to wed our addiction to fossil fuels. And the world certainly does not need the largest toxic impoundments to grow and multiply and further threaten the downstream communities.
Video examples
What you should know...
have used e-cigarettes in the US. Now, e-cigarettes were originally created to offer smokers a cleaner form of nicotine to help with their cigarette addiction. In the US, these devices come under the FDA's jurisdiction
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Quote examples
Garry Shandling
American Comedian
That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.
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James Taylor
American Musician
People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.
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James Buchan
British Novelist
Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.
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J. J. Redick
American Athlete
I don't own a watch anymore. Literally, that was an addiction. I'm not afraid to admit that. It took me over. My possessions possessed me.
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Joanna Going
American Actress
I've struggled with depression in my life and sort of the way that the depression itself becomes an addiction.
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Gillian Jacobs
American Actress
I am trying to break free from my stripes addiction, but the pull is strong! I need help buying non-stripes.
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Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Polish Athlete
Winning is like an addiction, but I'm also afraid of losing.
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Liam Hemsworth
Australian Actor
If I have one addiction in life, it's probably food.
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Gene Tierney
American Actress
I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.
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Garry Shandling
American Comedian
That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?
Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.
Quote examples
James Taylor
American Musician
People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.
Quote examples
James Buchan
British Novelist
Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.
Quote examples
J. J. Redick
American Athlete
I don't own a watch anymore. Literally, that was an addiction. I'm not afraid to admit that. It took me over. My possessions possessed me.
Quote examples
Joanna Going
American Actress
I've struggled with depression in my life and sort of the way that the depression itself becomes an addiction.
Quote examples
Gillian Jacobs
American Actress
I am trying to break free from my stripes addiction, but the pull is strong! I need help buying non-stripes.
Quote examples
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Polish Athlete
Winning is like an addiction, but I'm also afraid of losing.
Quote examples
Liam Hemsworth
Australian Actor
If I have one addiction in life, it's probably food.
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Gene Tierney
American Actress
I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.
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