addiction-like
Resembling a dependency
Addiction-like describes behaviors, patterns, or responses that resemble those seen in addiction without meeting the full clinical criteria.
The term typically appears in discussions of compulsive habits involving technology, food, or other non-substance dependencies: The researchers noted addiction-like symptoms in heavy social media users.
It allows for describing problematic behavior while acknowledging it may not constitute true addiction.
Powerful urge to have
- urgeStrong inner drive
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- dependenceState of needing another
withdrawal · relapse · temptation · compulsiveness · habit-forming · uncontrollable · irresistible · all-consuming
Consumed by fixation
- consumingUsing up entirely
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- engrossmentTotal absorption in something
absorption · immersion · single-mindedness · fervor · mania · enthrallment · infatuation · bingeing
craving
Powerful urge to have
- urgeStrong inner drive
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
dependence · withdrawal · relapse · temptation · compulsiveness · habit-forming · uncontrollable · irresistible · all-consuming · insatiable
obsessive
Consumed by fixation
- consumingUsing up entirely
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
engrossment · absorption · immersion · single-mindedness · fervor · mania · enthrallment · infatuation · bingeing · excess
addiction-likevoluntary
Done by choice
controllable · take-it-or-leave-it · self-regulated · controlled · moderate
addiction-likecasual
Relaxed and informal
indifferent · sporadic · occasional · lukewarm · passing
addiction-likebalanced
In a state of equilibrium
healthy · wholesome · well-adjusted · functional · sustainable
addiction, addict, addicted, addictive, addicting, addictions, nonaddictive