alcoholism

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Etymology

From alcohol +‎ -ism. Derived from New Latin alcoholismus chronicus, coined by the Swedish professor of medicine Magnus Huss in 1849.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈælkə(ˌ)hɔˌlɪzəm/^[1][2][3][4] /ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm/^[1][3]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈælkəhɒˌlɪzəm/^[3][4][5][6]

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

alcoholism (usually uncountable, plural alcoholisms)

1. A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.

   Synonyms: dipsomania, German vice

2. (pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.

Hypernyms

• (addiction): alcohol use disorder (“AUD”) (DSM5)

Derived terms

• antialcoholism
• -holism

 

Related terms

• alco
• alcoholic
• alcoholical
• alcoholically
• alcoholicity
• alcoholise
• alcoholist
• alcoholize
• alkie
• alky
• nonalcoholic
• non-alcoholic

 

Translations

chronic disease

Arabic: كُحُولِيَّة f (kuḥūliyya) Armenian: հարբեցողություն (hy) (harbecʻoġutʻyun), ալկոհոլիզմ (hy) (alkoholizm) Asturian: alcoholismu m Azerbaijani: alkoqolizm, əyyaşlıq, pyanskalıq (colloquial) Belarusian: алкагалі́зм m (alkahalízm) Bulgarian: алкохоли́зъм (bg) (alkoholízǎm) Catalan: alcoholisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 酗酒 (zh) (xùjiǔ) Cornish: alkohologeth f, lasogeth f Czech: alkoholismus (cs) m, alkoholizmus (cs) m Danish: alkoholisme c Dutch: alcoholisme (nl) n, drankzucht (nl) f or m Esperanto: alkoholismo Estonian: alkoholism (et) Finnish: alkoholismi (fi) French: alcoolisme (fr) m Galician: alcoholismo (gl) m Georgian: ალკოჰოლიზმი (alḳoholizmi) German: Alkoholismus (de) m, Alkoholkrankheit (de) f Greek: αλκοολισμός (el) m (alkoolismós) Hindi: शराबीपन m (śarābīpan) Hungarian: alkoholizmus (hu) Indonesian: alkoholisme (id) Italian: alcolismo (it) m, etilismo (it) m Japanese: アルコール依存症 (ja) (アルコールいぞんしょう, arukōru izonshō), アル中 (ja) (アルちゅう, aruchū) Kalmyk: әркнчллһн (ärknçllğn) Kazakh: маскүнемдік (maskünemdık) Korean: 알코올 의존증 (alkool uijonjeung) Macedonian: алкохоли́зам m (alkoholízam) Malayalam: അതിമദ്യാസക്തി (atimadyāsakti), മദ്യപാനം (ml) (madyapānaṁ) Maori: wara(nga) waipiro Norman: alcoolisme m Polish: alkoholizm (pl) m, pijaństwo (pl) n (informal) Portuguese: alcoolismo (pt) m, etilismo (pt) m Romanian: alcoolism (ro) n Russian: алкоголи́зм (ru) m (alkogolízm) Scottish Gaelic: tinneas na dighe m Serbo-Croatian: Roman: alkoholizam m, alkoholija f Slovak: alkoholizmus (sk) m Slovene: alkoholizem m Spanish: alcoholismo (es) m Swedish: alkoholism (sv) c Thai: โรคพิษสุราเรื้อรัง (rôok-pít-sù-raa-rʉ́ʉa-rang) Turkish: alkoliklik Ukrainian: алкоголі́зм (uk) m (alkoholízm) Vietnamese: chứng nghiện rượu Walloon: bwesson (wa) f, alcolisse m Yiddish: אַלקאָהאָליזם m (alkoholizm)

acute alcohol poisoning

Bulgarian: алкохолно отравяне n (alkoholno otravjane) Catalan: alcoholisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 醇類中毒／醇类中毒 (chúnlèi zhòngdú), 醇中毒 (chúnzhòngdú), 酒精中毒 (zh) (jiǔjīng zhòngdú) Czech: otrava alkoholem f Finnish: alkoholimyrkytys (fi) German: Alkoholvergiftung (de) f Greek: οξεία δηλητηρίαση από αιθανόλη f (oxeía dilitiríasi apó aithanóli) Japanese: アルコール中毒 (アルコールちゅうどく, arukōru chūdoku) Korean: 알코올 중독 (alkool jungdok) Portuguese: intoxicação alcoólica f Russian: алкого́льное отравле́ние n (alkogólʹnoje otravlénije) Spanish: alcoholismo (es) m Swedish: alkoholförgiftning (sv) c Turkish: alkolizm (tr) Ukrainian: алкого́льне отру́єння n (alkohólʹne otrújennja)

References

1. “alcoholism”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
2. “alcoholism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
3. “alcoholism”, in Collins English Dictionary.
4. “alcoholism” (US) / “alcoholism” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
5. “alcoholism”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
6. “alcoholism”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.