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-holism

-holism suffix: a form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency.

Suffix

-holism

  1. A form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency.

Forms of -holism

alternative form-aholism

Origin of -holism

Rebracketing of alcoholism, the name of one of the first addictions to be widely identified both medically and socially. It should be noted that the word alcoholism is broken up into the root, alcohol, and the suffix -ism, not alco and -holism. The suffix -holism is thus a result of false splitting.

Questions about -holism

What does -holism mean?
-holism means a form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency.
What part of speech is -holism?
-holism is a suffix.

Words near -holism in the dictionary

  1. -hedron
  2. -hedrons
  3. -henge
  4. -hod
  5. -holic
  6. -holism
  7. -hon
  8. -hood
  9. -hoods
  10. -hour-old
  11. -hub

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