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      alcoholism
      noun
      an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
      habitual intoxication
      Roots
      alkuhlalcohol- · Arabic · the kohl, essence
      Synonyms for alcoholism
      dipsomanianebriosityncocainismnaddictednessn
      Words related to alcoholism
      antialcoholismndrunkennessninebriationndipsomaniacaladdictionsnalcoholicsnantialcoholalcoholndealcoholizevinebrietynalcoholicallyadvinsobrietynsottishnessnnonintoxicatingdipsomaniacnnondrinkingalcoholicitynfuddlernalkyninebriantsnmaltwormalkieebrietyadjdipsonephalismnliquoryadjboozensobrietyntemulencentemulencyadj

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      Where does alcoholism come from?

      The word alcoholism breaks down into one root of Arabic origin: the root alcohol-, from Arabic alkuhl (“the kohl, essence”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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