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alcoholism   (TTS Sound)

The noun alcoholism has 2 senses

• alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness -- (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)


• dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania -- (an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess)