addiction

Etymology
From ; compare.

Noun

 * 1)  A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
 * 2) The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
 * 3) A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
 * 4) A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
 * 1) A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Assamese: নিচা
 * Asturian: adicción
 * Azerbaijani: aludəçilik
 * Belarusian: зале́жнасць, адды́кцыя
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: toksomanio
 * Estonian: sõltuvus
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: fíkn
 * Indonesian:, , ,
 * Interlingua: dependentia
 * Irish: andúil
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 嗜癖
 * Korean:, 탐닉(耽溺)
 * Macedonian: зависност
 * Malay:, pengagihan
 * Maori: waranga, wara
 * Norman: addiction
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, adicção
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̀висно̄ст, за́висно̄ст
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: závislosť
 * Slovene: zasvojenost
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: adiksiyon
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: зале́жність
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: אַדיקציע
 * Zazaki: mubtela, fen


 * Arabic:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: mani
 * Esperanto: manio
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Interlingua: dependentia
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: adicção
 * Russian:, па́губная привы́чка
 * Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: adiksiyon
 * Turkish: ,


 * Czech:
 * Danish: sygt forhold, destruktiv relation
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Polish: współuzależnienie
 * Scottish Gaelic: tràillealachd


 * Telugu:

Etymology
Ultimately from ; probably through.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  addiction