Definition of "addictive" []

• Causing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive substance. (adjective)
• Characterized by or susceptible to addiction: an addictive personality. (adjective)

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• "So, as you said, if you remove the term addictive from the equation, would people change their minds about the pill?"
• "I have never heard the term addictive used to describe a non-harmful context."
• "In yoga, we call addictive behavior "samskara," or "ruts", and the more you practice the destructive ones, the more entrenched they will become."