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• abstinence — [n] restraint from desires, especially physical desires abnegation, abstaining, abstemiousness, asceticism, avoidance, chastity, continence, fasting, forbearance, frugality, moderation, refraining, renunciation, self control, self denial, self… …   New thesaurus

• Abstinence — L abstinence est un renoncement volontaire et durable à la satisfaction d un appétit ou d une envie. Dans la plupart des cas, le terme désigne l abstention de rapports sexuels, d alcool, de tabac voire d un type de nourriture ou d une pratique… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Fasting and abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church — For Roman Catholics, fasting is the reduction of one s intake of food to one full meal a day. This may or may not be accompanied by abstinence from meat when eating. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that all people are obliged by God to perform… …   Wikipedia

• Disease theory of alcoholism — Alcohol Dependence Classification and external resources ICD 10 F10.2 ICD 9 303 …   Wikipedia

• PSYCHANALYSE — La psychanalyse n’aurait pas occupé la place qui lui revient, non seulement dans le progrès des disciplines médicales et des sciences humaines, mais dans le développement général de la civilisation, si la préoccupation la plus intime de Freud… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Virginity — Virgin and Maiden redirect here. For other uses, see Virgin (disambiguation) and Maiden (disambiguation). Invocation by Frederick Leighton White has traditionally been associated with ritual purity, innocence and virginity. Virginity refers to… …   Wikipedia

• education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …   Universalium

• Indian philosophy — Any of the numerous philosophical systems developed on the Indian subcontinent, including both orthodox (astika) systems, namely, the Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mimamsa, and Vedanta schools of philosophy, and unorthodox (nastika) systems …   Universalium

• Drug addiction — is widely considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug seeking behavior, the vulnerability to relapse, and the decreased, slowed ability to respond to naturally… …   Wikipedia

• Substance dependence — Substance dependency Classification and external resources ICD 10 F10.2 F19.2 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• drug use — Introduction       use of drugs for psychotropic rather than medical purposes. Among the most common psychotropic drugs are opiates ( opium, morphine, heroin), hallucinogens (LSD, mescaline, psilocybin), barbiturates, cocaine, amphetamines,… …   Universalium