alcoholism

B2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/ UK /ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #22161

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noun
A serious illness in which a person cannot control their drinking of alcohol.

He struggled with alcoholism for many years before getting treatment.

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1 noun · a serious illness in which... dipsomania

Word family

Forms alcoholisms

Derived forms antialcoholism

Related forms alco alcoholicalcoholicalalcoholically alcoholicityalcoholisealcoholistalcoholizealkiealkynon-alcoholicnonalcoholic

Etymology

Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English alcoholism From alcohol + -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss i…

alcoholismus chronicus la-new

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# alcoholism

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm
**IPA (UK):** ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm
**Frequency rank:** 22161

## Meanings
1. A serious illness in which a person cannot control their drinking of alcohol.

## Examples
- He struggled with alcoholism for many years before getting treatment.

## Derived Forms
- antialcoholism

## Related Forms
- alco
- alcoholic
- alcoholical
- alcoholically
- alcoholicity
- alcoholise
- alcoholist
- alcoholize
- alkie
- alky
- non-alcoholic
- nonalcoholic

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: alcoholismus chronicus

## Etymology
Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English alcoholism From alcohol + -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss i…

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- People & Society

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