Noun alcoholism has 2 senses
  1. alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness - Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
    --1 is a kind of drug addiction, white plague
  2. dipsomania, alcoholism, potomania - an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
    --2 is a kind of mania, passion, cacoethes
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