narcomania

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.

Equivalents

Españolnarcomanía

Françaisnarcomanie

DeutschNarkomanie

10 more languages

Ελληνικάναρκομανία

Eestinarkomaania

Suominarkomania

ქართულინარკომანია

Latviešunarkomānija

Polskinarkomania

Portuguêsnarcomania

Русскийнаркомания

Українськанаркоманія

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

narcomaniac narcomaniacal narcomedusa Narcondam narcopath narcopolitics

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