addiction B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈdɪkˌʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #7818 Meanings 1 noun the condition of not being able to stop taking a drug or doing something harmful He sought help to overcome his addiction to alcohol. 2 noun a very strong desire or need for something Her addiction to chocolate is well known among her friends. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the condition of not being... dependencedependencyhabituation Word family Forms addictions Derived forms addiction-likeaddictionlikeaddictionologyantiaddictioncyberaddictiondeaddictionmulti-addictionmultiaddictionoveraddictionpolyaddictionpseudoaddictionreaddiction Common collocations heroin addiction Noun + noun Etymology AI details From addict + -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”). *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # addiction **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈdɪkˌʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 7818 ## Meanings 1. the condition of not being able to stop taking a drug or doing something harmful 2. a very strong desire or need for something ## Examples - He sought help to overcome his addiction to alcohol. - Her addiction to chocolate is well known among her friends. ## Derived Forms - addiction-like - addictionlike - addictionology - antiaddiction - cyberaddiction - deaddiction - multi-addiction - multiaddiction - overaddiction - polyaddiction - pseudoaddiction - readdiction ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *deyḱ- ## Etymology From addict + -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”). ## AI Etymology Addiction is from addict plus -ion; compare (Latin) addictio (“an adjudging, an award”). The historical chain also includes Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a noun, addiction denotes the condition of not being able to stop taking a drug or doing something harmful and a very strong desire or need for something. The same word family continues in derived forms such as addiction-like, addictionlike, addictionology, and antiaddiction. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown