narcomania

English

Etymology

From narco- +‎ -mania. Coined by Scottish physician Norman Kerr in 1888.[1][2][3]

Noun

narcomania (uncountable)

  1. A pathological craving for or addiction to narcotics or alcohol.
    • 1990, Mary Schaeffer Conroy, “Abuse of Drugs other than Alcohol and Tobacco in the Soviet Union”, in Soviet Studies, volume 42, number 3, page 451:
      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.

Usage notes

Since the early 20th century, narcomania and derived terms have mainly been used to refer to addictive behavior in Eastern Europe and the former USSR (see Translations below).

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References
  1. Kerr, Norman (1888) Inebriety: its Etiology, Pathology, Treatment and Jurisprudence‎, London: H. K. Lewis
  2. Kerr, Norman (1891) “How to deal with inebriates”, in Bericht des III. Internationalen Congresses gegen den Missbrauch Geistiger Getränke, in Christiania vom 3. bis 5. September 1890, herausgegeben vom Organisationscomite [Report of the III. International Congress against the Abuse of Alcoholic Beverages, in Christiania from 3rd to 5th September 1890, published by the organizing committee], Christiania: Det Mallinske Boktrykkeri, page 152
  3. Johan Edman (2015 September) “Temperance and Modernity: Alcohol Consumption as a Collective Problem, 1885–1913”, in Journal of Social History‎, volume 49, number 1, pages 20–52
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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Italian

Etymology

From narco- +‎ -mania.

Noun

narcomania f (plural narcomanie)

  1. narcomania

Anagrams
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