different between alcoholism vs alcoholist
alcoholism
English
Etymology
From alcohol +? -ism.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ælk?(?)h?l??z?m/ /?ælk?h?l??z?m/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ælk?h?l??z?m/
Noun
alcoholism (usually uncountable, plural alcoholisms)
- A chronic disease caused by compulsive and uncontrollable consumption of alcoholic beverages, leading to addiction and deterioration in health and social functioning.
- Synonym: dipsomania
- (pathology) Acute alcohol poisoning.
Hypernyms
- (addiction): alcohol use disorder (“AUD”) (DSM5)
Derived terms
- -holism
Related terms
Translations
References
alcoholism From the web:
- what alcoholism does to the brain
- what alcoholism does to your body
- what alcoholism does to your face
- what alcoholism does to relationships
- what alcoholism does to a marriage
- what alcoholism feels like
- what alcoholism does to your family
- what alcoholism looks like
alcoholist
English
Etymology
alcohol +? -ist
Noun
alcoholist (plural alcoholists)
- (dated) One suffering from alcoholism; an alcoholic.
Dutch
Etymology
Probably borrowed. Equivalent to alcohol +? -ist.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l.ko?.?o??l?st/
- Hyphenation: al?co?ho?list
Noun
alcoholist m (plural alcoholisten, diminutive alcoholistje n, feminine alcoholiste)
- alcoholic
Related terms
- alcoholisme
alcoholist From the web:
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- alcoholism vs alcoholist
- alcoholists vs alcoholisms
- holists vs holisms
- resection vs proctectomy
- resectional vs nonresectional
- resection vs resectional
- resection vs taxonomy
- incision vs resection
- resescutaion vs resection
- resuscutation vs resection
- resuscitate vs resection
- resection vs refection
- retection vs resection
- intersection vs midheaven
- intersection vs weldmesh
- intersection vs spectrahedron
- intersection vs stopstreet
- intervention vs intersection
- intersection vs taxonomy
- intersectionality vs taxonomy