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multi-addiction

multi-addiction noun: an addiction to multiple substances.

Noun

multi-addiction (countable and uncountable, plural multi-addictions)

  1. (rare) An addiction to multiple substances.
    • To further complicate matters, the reactions of family members to the multi-addiction patterns were as unhealthy as the coping of the addicts themselves.1983, Patrick Carnes, The sexual addiction
    • One could test this hypothesis by following a group of subjects displaying different addictive behaviors over time using a multi-addiction assessment...1999, Glenn D Walters, The addiction concept: working hypothesis or self-fulfilling prophesy?

Forms of multi-addiction

pluralmulti-addictions
alternative formmultiaddiction

Origin of multi-addiction

From multi- + addiction.

Questions about multi-addiction

What does multi-addiction mean?
Multi-addiction means an addiction to multiple substances.
What part of speech is multi-addiction?
Multi-addiction is a noun.
What is the plural of multi-addiction?
The plural of multi-addiction is multi-addictions.

Words near multi-addiction in the dictionary

  1. multi infarcts
  2. Multi Input Gateway
  3. multi-
  4. multi-academy trust
  5. multi-academy trusts
  6. multi-addiction
  7. multi-addictions
  8. multi-administration
  9. multi-agent system
  10. multi-agent systems
  11. multi-alarm

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