theinism
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθiː.ɪn.ɪz.əm/
Noun
theinism (uncountable)
- (pathology) theism
- 1946 January, Norman, Hubert J., “Desultory thoughts on alcohol and on drugs”, in British Journal of Inebriety, volume 43, number 2, London: Society for the Study of Inebriety, DOI: , page 50:
- […] this special form of addiction is described as theism—which word has not, of course, any connection with the similar theological term but is derived from theine, […] Perhaps a better form of the word, in order to avoid ambiguity, is theinism.
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