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): (file)

Noun

alcoholism (usually uncountable, plural alcoholisms)

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
(pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.

Hypernyms

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

Derived terms

Related terms

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “alcoholism”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
^ “alcoholism”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 “alcoholism”, in Collins English Dictionary.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 “alcoholism” (US) / “alcoholism” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
^ “alcoholism”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
^ “alcoholism”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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