addictiveness
Hard to quit
Addictiveness is the quality of being habit-forming or hard to stop using.
The term applies to substances, behaviors, and experiences: the addictiveness of nicotine, the addictiveness of social media.
Game designers and app developers deliberately engineer addictiveness into their products.
The word carries negative connotations—something designed to hook you rather than serve you.
Strong inner drive
- impulseSudden urge to act
- driveOperate a vehicle
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
obsession · mania · craving · need · dependency · habit · automaticity · loss of control
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- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- magnetismForce between poles
- hookCurved catching device
lure · draw · pull · charm · enticement · fascination · irresistibility · enchantment
Act of taking away
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- relapseReturn to former illness
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
sobriety · abstinence · recovery · intervention · therapy · counseling · 12-step · sponsor
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- desireIntense wanting
- appetiteDesire for food
- hungerNeed for nourishment
thirst · aching · itch · need · urge · wanting · pining · jonesing
Adding support or encouragement
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- repetitionAct of redoing
- routineRegular sequence of actions
pattern · escalation · dose-response · dopamine · neuroplasticity · sensitization · ingrained · second-nature
urge
Strong inner drive
preoccupation · obsession · mania · craving · need · dependency · habit · automaticity · loss of control · irresistibility
appeal
Formal review request
- temptationUrge toward the unwise
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- magnetismForce between poles
hook · lure · draw · pull · charm · enticement · fascination · irresistibility · enchantment · captivation
withdrawal
Act of taking away
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- relapseReturn to former illness
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
detoxification · sobriety · abstinence · recovery · intervention · therapy · counseling · 12-step · sponsor · support group
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
hunger · thirst · aching · itch · need · urge · wanting · pining · jonesing · anticipation
reinforcement
Adding support or encouragement
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
- repetitionAct of redoing
routine · pattern · escalation · dose-response · dopamine · neuroplasticity · sensitization · ingrained · second-nature · susceptibility
- game designmechanics, level design, game balance, balancing, playtesting
addictivenessrepulsiveness
Quality inspiring strong aversion
repellence · disgustingness · revoltingness · unpleasantness · disagreeableness
addictivenessdispensability
Quality of being unneeded
forgettability · blandness · boringness · harmlessness · inoffensiveness
dictionary, predict, verdict, dedication, dedicate, addiction, addict, addicted, edict