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potomania

Definitions of potomania
  1. noun
    an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess
    synonyms: alcoholism, dipsomania
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    type of:
    cacoethes, mania, passion
    an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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