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
Well, the girls invent time machines to travel to the past and question their realities, playfully dealing with such complex issues as gender differences, alcoholism, and religion.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
He was kicked out of his house at 17 by his mother, who struggled with alcoholism, leaving him homeless.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2026
Kathryn Burgum, who is married to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, struggled with alcoholism before becoming sober 22 years ago and is a vocal advocate for addiction recovery.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
There were at least 11 weddings to eight men, alcoholism and a doppelgänger who kidnapped her and tried to steal her life.
—Jeremy Helligar, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
He was kicked out of his house at 17 by his mother, who struggled with alcoholism, leaving him homeless.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2026
Kathryn Burgum, who is married to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, struggled with alcoholism before becoming sober 22 years ago and is a vocal advocate for addiction recovery.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
There were at least 11 weddings to eight men, alcoholism and a doppelgänger who kidnapped her and tried to steal her life.
—Jeremy Helligar, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alcoholism
drunkenness
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Pearl’s drunkenness provides the substrate for the novel’s magic, its icy transformation of the ordinary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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As Josh Barro argued two and a half years ago, a disquieting number of Kennedy men have injured or killed their romantic partners or themselves out of drunkenness and stupidity.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Alcoholism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alcoholism. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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