craving

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A powerful desire or longing for something, especially food or a substance.

• She had a craving for chocolate all afternoon.
• The craving for cigarettes lasted for weeks after he quit smoking.
• Pregnant women often experience unusual food cravings.
• Neuroscientists investigate the brain mechanisms underlying craving in addiction, focusing on dopamine pathways and reward circuitry activation patterns.
• Participants in the nutritional study reported a significant reduction in sugar craving after following a low-glycemic diet for four consecutive weeks.
• Psychological research suggests that stress-induced craving for high-calorie foods may have evolutionary origins related to survival during periods of scarcity.

Eş anlamlılar: desire, longing, yearning, urge, hunger, appetite

Zıt anlamlılar: aversion, distaste, repulsion, indifference