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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a habit of activity, often injurious |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bent, craving, dependence, enslavement, fixation, hang-up, hook, inclination, jones, kick*, monkey on back, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth, thing* |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | custom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | habitual action |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, habitude, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot, swim, thing, trick, usage, use, way, wont |
| Notes: | costume and custom were actually two forms of the same Latin root consuetudinem 'habit, custom,' with costume first meaning 'manners and customs belonging to a particular time and place' |
| Antonyms: | departure, deviation, difference, divergence, irregularity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fixation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | addiction, case, complex, craze, crush, fascination, fetish, hang-up, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, preoccupation, thing |
| Main Entry: | habit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tendency, practice |
| Synonyms: | addiction, assuetude, bent, bias, constitution, consuetude, convention, custom, dependence, disposition, fashion, fixation, fixed attitude, frame of mind, gravitation, groove, habitude, hangup, impulsion, inclination, make-up, manner, mannerism, mode, nature, obsession, pattern, penchant, persuasion, praxis, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, quirk, routine, rule, rut, second nature, set, style, susceptibility, thing*, turn, usage, use, way, weakness, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | substance abuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dependence on illegal substance |
| Synonyms: | addiction, alcohol abuse, alcoholic addiction, alcoholism, chemical abuse, dipsomania, drug abuse, drug dependence, drug habit, drug use, habit, narcotics abuse, solvent abuse |
| Main Entry: | tendency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination to think or do in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | addiction, affection, bent*, bias, current, custom, disposition, drift, habit, impulse, inclining, leaning, liability, mind, mindset, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, readiness, run, set, shift, slant, susceptibility, temperament, thing*, trend, turn, type, usage, way*, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dependency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reliance |
| Synonyms: | addiction, colony, need |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
| Antonyms: | independence |
| Main Entry: | dependence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reliance |
| Synonyms: | addictedness, addiction, belief, confidence, craving, credence, dependency, faith, habit, jones, obsession, trust |
| Main Entry: | habitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | custom |
| Synonyms: | addiction, beaten path, characteristic, consuetude, daily grind, fashion, form, grind*, groove, habit, hang-up, into*, manner, matter of course, mode, observance, practice, praxis, precedent, procedure, proprieties, routine, rule, second nature, shot* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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