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    sickness
    sick‧ness /ˈsɪknəs, ˈsɪknɪs/ noun
     Word Family: noun: sick, the sick, sickness, sicko; adjective: sick, sickening, sickly; adverb: sickeningly, sickly; verb: sicken
    1. [uncountable] the state of being ill
       SYN  illness:
        an insurance policy against long-term sickness and injury
        working days lost due to sickness
    2. [uncountable] the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act of bringing food up
       SYN  nausea
        travel/motion/car/sea etc sickness (=sickness that some people get while travelling)
        Liam had suffered violent sickness and diarrhoea. ⇨ morning sickness, sleeping sickness
    3. [countable] a particular illness:
        war-related sicknesses
    4. [uncountable and countable] the serious problems and weaknesses of a social, political, or economic system:
        He said the idea of ‘success’ was part of the sickness of Western cultures.
         
    THESAURUS
    ■ the general state of being ill
       ▪ illness the general state of being ill: Stress is emerging today as a major cause of illness.
       ▪ sickness the state of being ill, especially when it stops you working: absence from work due to sickness
       ▪ ill health formal the state of being ill, usually for a long period of time: Research shows that there is a link between air pollution and ill health.