multi-addiction

noun

multi-addiction

noun

Etymology From multi- + addiction.

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Rare An addiction to multiple substances.

  • To further complicate matters, the reactions of family members to the multi-addiction patterns were as unhealthy as the coping of the addicts themselves.1983, Patrick Carnes, The sexual addiction:
  • One could test this hypothesis by following a group of subjects displaying different addictive behaviors over time using a multi-addiction assessment...1999, Glenn D Walters, The addiction concept: working hypothesis or self-fulfilling prophesy?:
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  • Literary history abounds with cases of multi-addiction and personal mayhem of the most childish sort.1999, Rick Bass, Brown dog of the Yaak: essays on art and activism:

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