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Plural of addiction

regular plural

The plural of addiction is addictions.

Forms of addiction

Singularaddiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/
Pluraladdictions
Countablecountable and uncountable

Addictions in a sentence

  • Do your lethal addictions to self-prescriptions numb the ache of the darkest days?2019, “Chemical Christ”, in Human Target (Deathcore), performed by Thy Art is Murder
  • What these patients eventually realized was that they all had trauma that had fed into their addictions.From the entry trauma
  • She finally came to terms with her addictions at her third rehab clinic and rarely drank again.From the entry come to terms with
  • James dissipated his savings with all of his addictions.From the entry dissipated
  • The human alternative is to use this emotional energy to uplevel addictions to preferences.1986, Ken Keyes, A conscious person's guide to relationships, page 59. From the entry uplevel

Meaning of addiction

  1. noun A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
  2. noun The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
  3. noun A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.

Full definition of addiction

Questions about the plural of addiction

What is the plural of addiction?
The plural of addiction is addictions.
Is addiction countable?
Addiction is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: addiction (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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