narcomaniaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

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.

使用する際の注意点

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).

派生語

• narcomaniac
• narcomaniacal

参照

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

Further reading

• “narcomania”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “narcomania”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

アナグラム

• macaronian