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Meaning of "dipsomania" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIPSOMANIA

New Latin, from Greek dipsa thirst + -mania.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DIPSOMANIA

dipsomania  [ˌdɪpsəʊˈmeɪnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIPSOMANIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dipsomania is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIPSOMANIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dipsomania

Dipsomania

Dipsomania is an historical term describing a medical condition involving an uncontrollable craving for alcohol. It was used in the 19th century to describe a variety of alcohol-related problems, most of which are most commonly conceptualized today as alcoholism, but it is occasionally still used to describe a particular condition of periodic, compulsive bouts of alcohol intake. The idea of dipsomania is important for its historical role in promoting a disease theory of chronic drunkenness. The word comes from Greek dipso- thirst and -mania mania. It is still mentioned in the WHO ICD10 as an alternative description for alcohol dependence syndrome, episodic use F10.26...

Definition of dipsomania in the English dictionary

The definition of dipsomania in the dictionary is a compulsive desire to drink alcoholic beverages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIPSOMANIA


Anglomania
ˌæŋɡləʊˈmeɪnɪə
bibliomania
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə
decalcomania
dɪˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə
egomania
ˌiːɡəʊˈmeɪnɪə
erotomania
ɪˌrɒtəʊˈmeɪnɪə
hypomania
ˌhaɪpəʊˈmeɪnɪə
kleptomania
ˌklɛptəʊˈmeɪnɪə
leishmania
liːʃˈmeɪnɪə
mania
ˈmeɪnɪə
megalomania
ˌmɛɡələʊˈmeɪnɪə
melomania
ˌmɛləˈmeɪnɪə
monomania
ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪə
nymphomania
ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə
pyromania
ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Romania
rəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Roumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Rumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Tasmania
tæzˈmeɪnɪə
technomania
ˌtɛknəʊˈmeɪnɪə
zoomania
ˌzəʊəˈmeɪnɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIPSOMANIA

diprionidian
dipropellant
diprotic acid
diprotodon
diprotodont
diprotodontid
dipsades
dipsas
dipshit
dipso
dipsomaniac
dipsomaniacal
dipstick
diptera
dipteral
dipteran
dipterist
dipterocarp
dipterocarpaceous
dipterocarpous

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIPSOMANIA

cleptomania
demonomania
dinomania
eleutheromania
graphomania
hydromania
hypermania
hysteromania
Lithuania
metromania
morphinomania
mythomania
necromania
Obamamania
orchidomania
petalomania
potichomania
theomania
toxicomania
tulipomania
xenomania

Synonyms and antonyms of dipsomania in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dipsomania» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIPSOMANIA

Find out the translation of dipsomania to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dipsomania from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dipsomania» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

dipsomania
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dipsomania
570 millions of speakers

English

dipsomania
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मद्योन्माद
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكحال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

алкоголизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dipsomania
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অত্যধিক সুরাসক্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dipsomanie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dipsomania
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trinksüchtigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

dipsomania
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

음주 광
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dipsomania
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người nghiện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மது வகைகளின் மேல் கொண்டுள்ள பேராவல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिपोमनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

içki bağımlılığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dipsomania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dipsomania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

алкоголізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dipsomania
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dipsomania
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drank zucht
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dipsomani
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dipsomania
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dipsomania

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPSOMANIA»

The term «dipsomania» is normally little used and occupies the 108.648 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIPSOMANIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dipsomania

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIPSOMANIA»

Discover the use of dipsomania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dipsomania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Necessity for Some Legalised Arrangements for the ...
TREATMENT. 0F. DIPSOMANIA. MEDICAL MEN are oůen consulted as to the treatment and disposal of individuals who are either habitual drunkards, or affected occasionally-_it may be after short intervals of time-with an irresistible desire for ...
Alexander PEDDIE (M.D.), 1858
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Alcoholism in America: From Reconstruction to Prohibition
character, apart from [their] habits of inebriety.”15 Over the intervening two decades, the term intemperance had fallen from grace, but its moral valence had persisted even as physicians employed the two more medicalized terms, dipsomania ...
Sarah W. Tracy, 2009
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A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the ...
complicated by alcoholic symptoms, but alcoholism never leads to dipsomania. ( 2) Alcoholism is an intoxication which has as its cause — alcohol ; dipsomania has its cause in a defective mental condition, and alcohol is bnt a secondary factor, ...
Daniel Hack Tuke, 1892
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Wood's Medical and Surgical Monographs: Consisting of ...
Lessons on Dipsomania," Galangau, Th. Paris.) Lasegue considers dipsomania and alcoholism to be two distinct diseases. " Dipsomania and alcoholism," he says, " are distinct diseases without analogy, contrasting in their etiology, their ...
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Suggestive therapeutics and hypnotism
DIPSOMANIA. Dipsomania — Few cases cured by ordinary methods — Suggestion the only cure — Definition of dipsomania — Dipsomania and heredity — Natural tendencies and dipsomania — The conditions under which the tendencies ...
Herbert Arthur Parkyn, 1900
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's ...
Compt. rend. Aoad. d. sc., Pur., I860, lxiil, 403-406. Dipsomania. See, also, Alcoholism (Treatment of); Inebriates, etc. Alhkseykkf (P. S.) O pyanstvle. 8 predislo- vieni Gr. L. N. Tolstavo: " DHa ohevo lvudi odiirmanivayntslaf " [On dipsomania.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.), 1899
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Encyclopaedia medica
Dipsomania. Symptoms .... 21 Diagnosis and Etiology 23 Nature and Pathology . 23 Treatment .... 24 See also Alcoholism. Definition. — Dipsomania is an elaborate idiosyncrasy towards alcohol with occasional paroxysmal and irresistible ...
Chalmers Watson, 1900
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The Psychology of Alcoholism
Where dipsomania appears epilepsy is suspected; and some would go so far as to say that a dipsomaniacal attack is but the equivalent of an epileptic seizure. Improper physical and psychical conditions which tend to depress the nervous ...
George Barton Cutten, 1907
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Canada Lancet
MEDICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF DIPSOMANIA. The Practitioner for June, gives an able article on the above subject, by J. Kingston Barton, F.R.C.S., which, did our space permit, we should much desire to place before our readers, ...
10
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology
CONTRIBUTION TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SO-CALLED DIPSOMANIA. By Dr. Otto Juliusburger. Zentralblatt fur Psychoanalyse, July-August, 1912. By dipsomania we understand a recurrent uncontrollable craving for alcohol; in the ...
Morton Prince, 1912

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIPSOMANIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dipsomania is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why NSW will undoubtedly win State of Origin Game 3 | The Roar
Injuries, suspension, loss of form, friendly fire, criminality, love spats and flagrant dipsomania have pickled this squad to within an inch of ... «The Roar, Jul 15»
2
Bucks drug dealer sentenced to four years in prison
Tshikuna and Abdi were sentenced as part of Operation Dipsomania, an investigation to tackle the supply of Class A and B drugs in Milton ... «Get Bucks, Jun 15»
3
Movie Review Nee-Na: Lal Jose's Bold Movie Set To Do Well
... being focused on in the movie are the complexities that a man caught between two women face and Nee-na's pursuit to beat her dipsomania. «Yentha, May 15»
4
These guys turned from gangsters into tour guides, and it's working …
The whole place is unutterably charming, driving enchanted tourists to dipsomania in a rooftop bar. DSC_0111. But mind your map, gentle ... «Fusion, Apr 15»
5
BREAKING: Group of people from Milton Keynes jailed for more than …
The men were sentenced as part of Operation Dipsomania, an investigation to tackle the supply of class A and B drugs in Milton Keynes, ... «MK News, Apr 15»
6
Green River Fishing Report - Floating away with the BWOs
With the increase in BWO numbers, the human hatch will appear as they try to satisfy the dry fly version of dipsomania or maybe sipsomania in ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Apr 15»
7
A Frightful Prospect: Hillary vs. Jeb
In time, though, he did what many like him had done before – he exchanged chronic dipsomania for faith in the Lord. Meanwhile, Bush family ... «CounterPunch, Mar 15»
8
The Cam-Cam: your chance to see the world through David …
An alcove with artfully arranged condiments, enough wine bottles in the fridge to suggest bonhomie without dipsomania, and a breakfast table ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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EXCLUSIVE - A bitter rivalry with Amelia Earhart, a marriage to a …
True to form, she ignored them all and her marriage to Jack was by far the happiest and the longest until her dipsomania, or craving for alcohol ... «Daily Mail, Mar 15»
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The time when Americans drank all day long
Alcoholism - also known as dipsomania - was starting to have a serious impact on communities. Women and children might be in physical ... «BBC News, Mar 15»

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