What does dipsomania mean?
Dipsomania means (pathology) Addiction to alcohol..
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/ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ · noun
(pathology) Addiction to alcohol..
A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information.
"You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."
Such a negative outcome seemed impossible to investors experiencing dot-com dipsomania in late 1999 and early 2000.
Use dipsomania when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dipsomania means (pathology) Addiction to alcohol..
Common synonyms include alcoholism, potomania.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information.
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