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
Additionally, magnesium losses may occur due to certain health conditions (such as type 2 diabetes), alcoholism, and the use of certain medications.
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Laura Schober, Health, 5 Jan. 2026
These questions of addiction, working these kinds of low-level jobs, drug use, alcoholism, loneliness, these are not themes that are far from me.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
Man-su and Mi-ri are more happily married, but months of unemployment and multiple homicides take their toll, excavating old resentments and failures, including Man-su’s past struggles with alcoholism.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
These factors, especially when they are repeated, predispose children to adult psychological disorders, alcoholism, and acts of violence.
—Dr. James S. Gordon, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
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Laura Schober, Health, 5 Jan. 2026
These questions of addiction, working these kinds of low-level jobs, drug use, alcoholism, loneliness, these are not themes that are far from me.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026
Man-su and Mi-ri are more happily married, but months of unemployment and multiple homicides take their toll, excavating old resentments and failures, including Man-su’s past struggles with alcoholism.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
These factors, especially when they are repeated, predispose children to adult psychological disorders, alcoholism, and acts of violence.
—Dr. James S. Gordon, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholism
drunkenness
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With some species variations, all sorts of wild animals, from small rodents to elephants, will consume alcohol, even to the point of drunkenness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Ancestors are memorialized but then assured that the rum still flows as drunkenness overtakes our narrator.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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