junkiedomn.
/ˈdʒʌŋkɪdəm/, U.S. /ˈdʒəŋkidəm/ slang.
Junkies collectively; the fact, state, or condition of being a junkie. Also in extended use, with modifying word: addiction to or obsession with the thing specified.
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1970 Comment (N.Z.) Apr. 3/2 The revered Bishop Hadfield probably brought enough laudanum with him to keep the whole of present kiwi junkiedom in good spirits for a year.
1994 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 9 Dec. c2/2 He slid into the addiction of promoting bands, a music junkiedom that has siphoned off many fortunes.
1996 Independent on Sunday 28 Jan. (Real Life section) 2/1 It..manages the apparently impossible—to make a film about junkiedom so stylish and funny as to beguile people who find the whole idea stunningly tedious.
2013 B. Janovitz Rocks Off xxiii. 174 But the germ of the song started with the personal tempest swirling within Keith, emotional turmoil mixed in with heroin as he slid gradually into junkiedom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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