caffeine addiction
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- noun
- /ˈkæfiːn əˈdɪkʃən/
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adicción a la cafeína
- Many people suffer from caffeine addiction and find it hard to limit their intake.
Coffee addiction or caffeine addiction is like a a real beast.
- Coffee addiction or caffeine addiction is like a a real beast.
- Some of it could be the caffeine addiction.
Examples
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She decided to seek help for her caffeine addiction after experiencing withdrawal symptoms.
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Coffee addiction or caffeine addiction is like a a real beast.
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Here's how to kick your caffeine addiction without feeling like crap in the process.
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You can do the same, and in this post we'll share some techniques to tame your caffeine addiction and make it work for you instead of the other way around.
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This leads many of us to take on 60-hour work weeks, weekend commitments, and violent caffeine addictions.
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To manage her caffeine addiction, he started to gradually reduce his daily coffee consumption.
How Dependent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a dependence on caffeine' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'caffeine' (the stimulant) with 'addiction' (a strong compulsive need). This follows the common and transparent English pattern 'X addiction' (e.g., 'alcohol addiction'), which is cross-linguistically consistent, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Caffeine addiction puts together caffeine (the thing in coffee and tea that wakes you up) and addiction (a strong need); doctors began using the phrase after they saw people get headaches and feel unwell when they stopped caffeine. So, it means 'a strong need for caffeine that is hard to stop'.