Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

narcotism

American  
[nahr-kuh-tiz-uhm] / ˈnɑr kəˌtɪz əm /

noun

  1. habitual use of narcotics.

  2. the action or influence of narcotics.

  3. narcosis.


narcotism British  
/ ˈnɑːkəˌtɪzəm /

noun

  1. stupor or addiction induced by narcotic drugs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of narcotism

1825–35; earlier narcoticism. See narcotic, -ism

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Chronic encephalitis or meningitis may succeed the acute stage, or may be due to stable miasma, blood poison, narcotism, lead poisoning, etc.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

This is the aesthetic variety of the malady, or rather, perhaps, it is only the old complaint robbed of all its pain, and lapped in waking dreams by the narcotism of an age of science.

From Among My Books First Series by James Russell Lowell

Slowness, in marked degree, attends apoplexy, opium narcotism, and fracture of the skull compressing the brain.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Natural sleep is one of these; the unconsciousness of narcotism or anesthesia is another.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

The desire to sleep was intoxicating, delicious, irresistible; and with it ran delicious, restful thrills through all his limbs, the narcotism of the blood.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 by Various

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training