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Craving

Psychology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A powerful, persistent desire for a particular experience or object.

Detailed Definition
Craving is desire with bodily urgency, often narrowing attention until the wanted thing seems to promise relief, completion, or escape. Poetry can portray it through thirst, an empty chair, a mouth remembering a flavor, or a pulse that argues with reason. The term is useful for emotional, sensual, and addictive longing alike, especially when the desired object becomes symbolic of comfort, control, reunion, or freedom.
Example
Example in poetry:
In “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” the mariner’s intense desire for relief and forgiveness resembles craving; A poem may portray craving through repeated images of thirst, hunger, or an unreachable object; A speaker who keeps returning to a lost lover’s name can reveal emotional craving; Enjambment and repeated verbs can create the restless momentum of craving
Additional Notes
Craving is an urgent desire that captures attention and can produce physical sensations, intrusive thoughts, and difficulty delaying action. It is common in hunger, addiction, longing, and intense emotional attachment. A craving is not the same as a need, and noticing it does not require obeying it. Poetic representations often use thirst, hunger, magnetic pull, recurring refrains, or images of absence.
Also Known As
Urge Compulsion Strong Desire Desire Longing Wish
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