Changes

Around the beginning of the 20th century the word "addict" switched from an adjective to a noun, to refer primarily to drug dependency.<ref>https://www.northpointrecovery.com/blog/slave-addiction-origins-word/</ref>

Around the beginning of the 20th century the word "addict" switched from an adjective to a noun, to refer primarily to drug dependency.<ref>https://www.northpointrecovery.com/blog/slave-addiction-origins-word/</ref>

== Latin and Greek roots==

== Latin and Greek roots==

The Latin root is most common cited as the origin for "addiction": "addictus" (its past tense is addicere).

The Latin root is most commonly cited as the origin for "addiction": "addictus" (its past tense is addicere).

But the earlier Greek root, "adikia", is the one used in the [[New Testament]].  This term is used 25 times in 24 verses in the Greek New Testament (in 5 unique forms of the word), according to [[Strong's]].<ref>https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g93/kjv/tr/0-1/</ref>

But the earlier Greek root, "adikia", is the one used in the [[New Testament]].  This term is used 25 times in 24 verses in the Greek New Testament (in 5 unique forms of the word), according to [[Strong's]].<ref>https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g93/kjv/tr/0-1/</ref>

=== Adikia ===

=== Adikia ===

The Greek "adikia" includes the root for justice, "dike", and conveys the concept that addiction consists of someone extending improperly outside of his own realm without respect for his neighbor.  The indirect harm caused by addiction to others, in addition to the immense selfish harm to oneself from addiction, illustrates that.

The Greek "adikia" includes the root for justice, "dike", and conveys the concept that addiction consists of someone extending improperly outside of his own realm without respect for his neighbor.  The indirect harm caused by addiction to others, in addition to the immense selfish harm to oneself from addiction, illustrates that.

== See also ==

== See also ==

*[[addiction]]

*[[addiction]]

== References ==

== References ==

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