addictiveness
ID
ADDICTO:0000527
Curation status
Published
Created
18 Dec '20
Modified
29 Nov '24
Parents
Definition
A disposition of a material entity or a process to cause addiction to it.
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Cross references
- ADDICTO:0000189
Comment
This is a quantitative entity that is only meaningful when operationalised in terms of the proportion of people who are exposed who become addicted, the mode of use, the severity of addiction and any other contextual factors that may be in play. Addictiveness can be a disposition of material entity such as a chemical substance or a process such as gambling behaviour.
Fuzzy set
No
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