"gateway drug" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gateway drug.wav Forms: gateway drugs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gateway drug (plural gateway drugs)
  1. An addictive substance that is seen as relatively harmless by itself, but is believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances. Categories (topical): Drugs Translations (substance believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances): 入門毒品 (Chinese Mandarin), 入门毒品 (rùmén dúpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), porttihuume (Finnish), Einstiegsdroge [feminine] (German), kapudrog (Hungarian), droga de entrada [feminine] (Portuguese), шлюз (šljuz) [masculine] (Russian), ста́ртовый нарко́тик (stártovyj narkótik) [masculine] (Russian), перехо́дный нарко́тик (perexódnyj narkótik) [masculine] (Russian), droga iniciática [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gateway_drug-en-noun-GDIac59l Disambiguation of Drugs: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'substance believed to encourage the user to experiment with more harmful substances': 91 9
  2. (by extension, figurative) Any thing or area of interest that tends to lead to deeper involvement. Tags: broadly, figuratively Translations (thing that tends to lead to deeper involvement): portti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gateway_drug-en-noun-eY3tFXdu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'thing that tends to lead to deeper involvement': 6 94

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