addictive
Americanadjective
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null addicting producing or tending to cause addiction.
an addictive drug.
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more than normally susceptible to addiction.
an addictive personality.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- addictiveness noun
- nonaddictive adjective
Etymology
Origin of addictive
Example Sentences
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Novels in series often come out once a year, are addictive, have characters people love.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
Jurors concluded that Meta, which owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, and Google, the parent company of YouTube, had intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed her mental health.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Protecting kids from addictive platforms isn’t a partisan issue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The Facebook owner’s shares closed down 8% on Thursday after a landmark social-media trial found both Meta and Alphabet’s Google contributed to a plaintiff’s mental health issues by designing addictive social-media platforms.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
They might be compelling, say many researchers, but not addictive.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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