Nuance Dictionary / Social Situations
중독 jung-dok
A playful, high-energy obsession with games, idols, or hobbies that feels dangerously good.
What does 중독 mean?
중독 (jung-dok) means: A playful, high-energy obsession with games, idols, or hobbies that feels dangerously good.
Speakers use this to describe intense fixations on activities like games, computers, shopping, or television. It combines with nouns like 게임, 컴퓨터, 비디오, 쇼핑, and 텔레비전 to form compound terms. In everyday interactions, speakers point out obsessive habits using phrases like 핸드폰을 손에서 못 놓겠어 and identifying it as 중독.
Among younger generations, this term is frequently extended to describe an intense, joyful fixation on hobbies, games, or celebrities rather than a purely clinical or negative state.
Among younger generations, this term is frequently extended to describe an intense, joyful fixation on hobbies, games, or celebrities rather than a purely clinical or negative state.
Other sides of 중독
◆ Culinary Craving — The provided dictionary entries and collocations strictly limit this term to biological poisoning, substance dependency, and compulsive psychological fixations on thoughts, games, or habits. No culinary application or food-related craving is listed in the official records.
In contemporary casual speech, speakers frequently apply this term colloquially to highly addictive comfort foods like tteokbokki or sweets, expressing an intense craving or habitual desire for those flavor profiles.
◆ Clinical & Substance Dependency — Speakers use this to refer to severe medical conditions involving poisoning from food, medicine, gas, or heavy metals, as well as clinical substance dependency. It combines with terms for specific toxins or substances like 약물, 알코올, 마약, and 납, often appearing in contexts of medical diagnosis or patient treatment. In conversations, it surfaces when discussing someone's clinical diagnosis or warning them about dangerous habitual consumption.
In clinical and substance contexts, this carries a heavy societal stigma and implies a severe loss of personal control requiring intervention or treatment.
In contemporary casual speech, speakers frequently apply this term colloquially to highly addictive comfort foods like tteokbokki or sweets, expressing an intense craving or habitual desire for those flavor profiles.
◆ Clinical & Substance Dependency — Speakers use this to refer to severe medical conditions involving poisoning from food, medicine, gas, or heavy metals, as well as clinical substance dependency. It combines with terms for specific toxins or substances like 약물, 알코올, 마약, and 납, often appearing in contexts of medical diagnosis or patient treatment. In conversations, it surfaces when discussing someone's clinical diagnosis or warning them about dangerous habitual consumption.
In clinical and substance contexts, this carries a heavy societal stigma and implies a severe loss of personal control requiring intervention or treatment.
How it's actually used
- 게임 중독인 아이들은 다른 일을 하지 못하고 항상 게임 생각만 하면서 산다.
geim jung-dok-in a-i-deul-eun dareun il-eul haji mot-hago hangsang geim saenggak-man hamyeonseo sanda.
Children addicted to games cannot do other things and always live thinking only about games.
💡 Describes individuals consumed by gaming. - 조금이라도 컴퓨터를 하지 않으면 불안해하는 것을 보니 그 학생은 컴퓨터 중독인 것 같다.
jogeum-irado keompyuteo-reul haji an-eumyeon buran-hae-haneun geos-eul boni geu haksaeng-eun keompyuteo jung-dok-in geos gata.
Seeing how that student gets anxious if they don't use the computer even a little, it seems they are addicted to the computer.
💡 Shows anxiety linked to computer absence. - 핸드폰을 손에서 못 놓겠어.
haendeupon-eul son-eseo mot noh-gesseo.
I can't put my cell phone down.
💡 Demonstrates casual conversational context regarding device fixation.
Related words in Social Situations
중독성 jung-dok-seong깔끔하다 kkal-kkeum-ha-da코가 납작해지다 koga napjakhaejida마음을 먹다 maeumeul meokda머리를 맞대다 Meoril matdaeda