definition of the word addictive

First attested 1914. Addiction in modern sense is first attested 1906, in reference to opium. There is an isolated instance from 1779, with reference to tobacco.

• IPA: /əˈdɪktɪv/

addictive (comparative more addictive, superlative most addictive)

1. Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.

   "addictive drugs", "an addictive behavior"

2. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.

   "an addictive personality"

• habit-forming

• nonaddictive

• addict
• addicted
• addiction

• addictively
• addictiveness

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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