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addiction meaning

EN[əˈdɪkʃən]
WAddiction
  • Addiction is a state characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli,
  • Addiction exacts a high toll on individuals and society as a whole through the direct adverse effect
  • Potential addictions can include, but are not limited to, exercise addiction, food addiction,
addiction

Meaning of addiction for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "addiction" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Morphemes
      • Suffixes
        • Words by suffix
          • Words suffixed with -ion
      • Nouns
        • Countable nouns
      Difficultness: Level 6
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      Easy     ➨     Difficult
      Definiteness: Level 7
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      Definite    ➨     Versatile
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