🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

dipendenza

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dipendenza

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Addiction/əˈdɪk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La dipendenza da internet è un problema comune."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.

    "He is currently receiving treatment for his alcohol addiction."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Early 17th century (in the sense 'devotion' or 'inclination'): from Latin addictio(n-), from addicere 'awarded by sentence'. The modern medical and psychological sense dates from the late 19th century.

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