narcomania
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From narco- + -mania. Coined by Scottish physician Norman Kerr in 1888.[1][2][3]
Noun[edit]
narcomania (uncountable)
- A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.
- 1990, Mary Schaeffer Conroy, “Abuse of Drugs other than Alcohol and Tobacco in the Soviet Union”, in Soviet Studies, volume 42, number 3, page 451:
- A. S. Sholomovich reported in 1925 that two institutions for child narcotic addicts and eight out-patient clinics for three forms of "narcomania"—alcohol, cocaine, and morphia addiction—were functioning in Moscow.
Usage notes[edit]
Since the early 20th century, narcomania and derived terms have mainly been used to refer to addictive behavior in Eastern Europe and the former USSR (see Translations below).
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol
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References[edit]
- ^ Kerr, Norman (1888) Inebriety: its Etiology, Pathology, Treatment and Jurisprudence[1], London: H. K. Lewis
- ^ Kerr, Norman (1891) “How to deal with inebriates”, in Bericht des III. Internationalen Congresses gegen den Missbrauch Geistiger Getränke, in Christiania vom 3. bis 5. September 1890, herausgegeben vom Organisationscomite [Report of the III. International Congress against the Abuse of Alcoholic Beverages, in Christiania from 3rd to 5th September 1890, published by the organizing committee], Christiania: Det Mallinske Boktrykkeri, page 152
- ^ Johan Edman (2015 September) “Temperance and Modernity: Alcohol Consumption as a Collective Problem, 1885–1913”, in Journal of Social History[2], volume 49, number 1, pages 20–52
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Further reading[edit]
- “narcomania”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “narcomania”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
narcomania f (plural narcomanie)
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- English terms prefixed with narco-
- English terms suffixed with -mania
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- Italian terms prefixed with narco-
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