different between narcotize vs narcotism

English

Etymology

From narcot(ic) +? -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??k?.t??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??.k??ta?z/

Verb

narcotize (third-person singular simple present narcotizes, present participle narcotizing, simple past and past participle narcotized)

1. (transitive) To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible; to anesthetize, to drug. [from 16th c.]
2. (transitive) To dull the senses of (a person, place etc.). [from 19th c.]
3. (transitive) To make into a narcotic. [from 19th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 235:

     The sun hangs overhead like a lantern, the essence of new grass and apple blossom narcotizes the air, the clack and whir of the wheels have a quelling, hypnotic effect on the passengers.

Translations

Anagrams

• zirconate

English

Noun

narcotism (countable and uncountable, plural narcotisms)

1. A narcotic effect; the tendency to cause narcosis.
2. Addiction to a narcotic drug.

Related terms

• narcosis
• narcotist
• narcotize

Anagrams

• romancist, romantics