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Definition of addiction noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

addiction

noun

NAmE//əˈdɪkʃn//

[uncountable, countable]

the condition of being addicted to something cocaine addiction addiction to something He is now fighting his addiction to alcohol. an addiction to TV reality shows

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