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addiction

state characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences
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Summary

addiction ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,713 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: behavior[2], health problem[3], habit[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Addiction[5]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of American Urban History (2007 edition)[6], The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Addiction[8]
  • Different from: substance dependence[9], addictiveness[10]
  • Studied by: addictology[11], addiction psychology[12]
  • Permanent duplicated item: dependence[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[14], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

addiction has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] addiction is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 15d ago · فيصل · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopedia of American Urban History (2007 edition), The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)"
  2. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Addiction
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Addiction, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 11w ago · ~2026-40410-68 · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Snomed ct id → 32709003
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Snomed ct id: 32709003"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 68557
    P14541 → 3Ap841, eyX0O
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 19w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → a/adiccion
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: a/adiccion, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779856745649"
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