"-holism" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From alcoholism, one of the first addictions to be widely identified both medically and socially. It should be noted that the word alcoholism is broken up into the root, alcohol, and the suffix -ism, not alco and -holism. The suffix -holism is thus a result of false splitting. Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -holism, {{en-suffix}} -holism
  1. A form of addiction, either a physical or obsessive dependency. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Alcoholism Derived forms: chocoholism, sexaholism, shopaholism, workaholism Related terms: -ist, -istic
    Sense id: en--holism-en-suffix-B4IxnSkZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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