ADDICTION

(noun) (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
"under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
(noun) an abnormally strong craving
Her addiction to chocolates gave her a lot of pimples. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
synonyms : dependance , dependence , dependency , habituation
His addiction to drugs led to his ruin. -added by naila_inlas
I am addicted to his love! -added by priyavanjeri

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I am extremely addicted to sweet food.

Mnemonics for addiction

(Tag: English) Hookers get addicted to A dick ( similar pronunciation to Addict.
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(Tag: The thing to which we are addicted thus dictates us.) addiction has the word dict from dictator
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(Tag: ) "ad+dict+ion" - dict means say, so saying yes to some habit is addicted to that habit
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(Tag: ) diction sounds like fiction.reading fiction stories became a compulsary habbit to me to read until i will complete the book.
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