as in drunkenness
habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants
a treatment center for those suffering from alcoholism
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Recent Examples of alcoholism
As in several of Tennessee Williams’ plays of the same period, alcoholism is an issue, but Inge’s characters don’t romanticize addiction or wax poetic about their almost certainly unattainable hopes.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
The filmmaker spoke in the past about how the final section of the movie is an allegory for his own personal and familial struggles with alcoholism.
—EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Through Cregger’s lens, Weapons is, in part, about loss and alcoholism.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Bullied in high school, he was forced to navigate life on his own after being kicked out by his mother, who struggled with alcoholism, at 17.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
The filmmaker spoke in the past about how the final section of the movie is an allegory for his own personal and familial struggles with alcoholism.
—EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Through Cregger’s lens, Weapons is, in part, about loss and alcoholism.
—Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025
Bullied in high school, he was forced to navigate life on his own after being kicked out by his mother, who struggled with alcoholism, at 17.
—Marcus K. Dowling, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholism
drunkenness
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The list of allowable grounds includes malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, incompetence, or permanent inability to perform official duties.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 Aug. 2025
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Portalatin’s petition seeks to remove Wilder and Saenz using a statute in the Texas Local Government Code that allows for citizens to seek public officials’ removal due to incompetency, official misconduct or drunkenness both on and off duty.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Alcoholism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholism. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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