Assertion: addiction | /r/HasProperty | compulsion
Facets:
value: by definition
type: OTHER
value: toward rewarding stimuli
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Addiction is a compulsion to use a substance or persist with certain behaviour to ensure you feel good – or to avoid feeling rotten.
text: The Mayo Clinic considers sexual addiction a form of obsessive compulsive disorder and refer to it as sexual compulsivity (note that by definition, an addiction is a compulsion toward rewarding stimuli).
text: Addiction is a compulsion to use a substance or participate in a destructive activity detrimental to ourselves and others.
text: Addiction is an obsession or compulsion for a substance or a habit which lowers the survival potential of the person and in some cases will ruin someone's life or even kill him.