addictednessn.
/əˈdɪktᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /əˈdɪktᵻdnᵻs/ The quality, state, or condition of being addicted; devotion, adherence, attachment, esp. of a compulsive kind; (also) an instance of this. Frequently with to. Cf. addiction n.
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the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > great love or devotion
zealc1450
devotiona1530
addiction?1532
superstition1637
addictedness1641
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > accustomedness > addictedness
addiction?1532
addictedness1641
addictiveness1827
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun]
addiction1779
addictedness1788
narcomania1865
yen1876
drug addiction1881
yen-yen1886
drug abuse1903
oil burner1962
Jones1968
1641 J. Tombes Christs Commination against Scandalizers iv. 301 The addictednesse that is in men to hold that which their affected teachers doe vent.
1680 R. Baxter Moral Prognostication ii. §20, 49 To disable them from a total Addictedness to their proper Work.
1695 J. Howe View Late Consid. 10 With less..addictedness to the Interest of any Party.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Thievishness, addictedness to Stealing.
1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. lxv. 523 Remarkable for their addictedness to drinking.
1833 T. Flint Indian Wars of West i. 5 Addictedness to cards and profanity form the prominent traits of the present voyagers on the western rivers.
1865 Reader No. 117. 337/2 They are fanatics in their addictedness to the dance.
1904 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Leader 12 Oct. 5/2 He was there..to procure liquids both malt and spirituous for which it appears he had an overweening addictedness.
c1998 B. Wilshire Wild Hunger i. i. 23 Simply to assume that desires are insatiable is to accept as normal a mad form of corporate addictedness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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