Synonyms for alcoholism
ˈæl kə hɔˌlɪz əm, -hɒ-al·co·holism

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1. alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkennessnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   drinking, inebriety, alcohol addiction, dipsomania, inebriation, potomania, intoxication, drink, insobriety, drunkenness, boozing, crapulence, tipsiness

2. dipsomania, alcoholism, potomanianoun

   an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

   Synonyms:
   dipsomania, alcohol addiction, drunkenness, inebriation, potomania

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1. List of paraphrases for "alcoholism":

   alcohol

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1. alcoholism

   Synonyms:
   Alcohol dependence DSM-III-R 303.90, dependent drinking

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1. Vance Havner:

   I'm tired of hearing sin called sickness and alcoholism a disease. It is the only disease I know of that we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spread.

2. Norman Brenner:

   The intermediate stage between socialism and capitalism is alcoholism.

3. Fahad Malik:

   These patients have the exact same implications of alcoholism : the smell, the breath, drowsiness, gait changes, they will present as someone who's intoxicated by alcohol, but the only difference here is that these patients can be treated by antifungal medications.

4. Rebecca Cutter:

   Employment goes way down, the numbers go way down, it's cold, it's very isolated, alcoholism goes up. So there's a different side of it.

5. Lakeisha Holloway:

   Boy, have I come a long ways, i was a scared little girl who knew that there was more to life outside of crime, drug addiction, lower income, alcoholism, being undereducated -- all of which I grew up being familiar with.