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INTOXICATION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety

Example:

the intoxication of wealth and power

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("intoxication" is a kind of...):

excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)

Derivation:

intoxicate (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

Synonyms:

drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; insobriety; intoxication; tipsiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("intoxication" is a kind of...):

temporary state (a state that continues for a limited time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intoxication"):

grogginess (a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol)

sottishness (stupefaction from drink)

Derivation:

intoxicate (have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug)

intoxicate (make drunk (with alcoholic drinks))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

Synonyms:

intoxication; poisoning; toxic condition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("intoxication" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intoxication"):

alkali poisoning (poisoning resulting from the ingestion of an alkali compound (as lye or ammonia))

caffeine intoxication; caffeinism (poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products)

carbon monoxide poisoning (a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas)

cyanide poisoning (poisoning due to ingesting or inhaling cyanide; common in smoke from fires and in industrial chemicals)

ergotism (poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs)

mercury poisoning (a toxic condition caused by ingesting or inhaling mercury; acute mercury poisoning causes a metallic taste and vomiting and diarrhea and kidney problems that may lead to death)

naphthalene poisoning (toxic condition resulting from inhaling or ingesting naphthalene)

nicotine poisoning (toxic condition caused by the ingestion or inhalation of large amounts of nicotine)

ophidism (poisoning by snake venom)

paraquat poisoning (poisoning caused by ingestion of paraquat; characterized by progressive damage to the esophagus and liver and kidneys)

pesticide poisoning (toxic condition resulting from ingesting or inhaling a pesticide)

salicylate poisoning (poisoning caused by the excessive ingestion of salicylates (usually aspirin))

Derivation:

intoxicate (have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug)

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 Context examples: 

With the flushed, dazed face of a man who is just recovering from recent intoxication, the landlord was tearing madly about, his hat gone, and his hair and beard flying in the wind.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had a dim recollection of having seen her at the theatre, as if I had seen her in a pale magic lantern; but she appeared to remember me perfectly, and still to suspect me of being in a state of intoxication.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This is either insanity or intoxication, said Miss Murdstone, in a perfect agony at not being able to turn the current of my aunt's address towards herself; and my suspicion is that it's intoxication.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)