kleptomania
kleptomania · kleptomanias
клептомания
Kleptomanie, Stehlsucht
A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without…A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
» John has a condition called kleptomania.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
Kleptomanie, Stehlsucht
клептома́нияkleptománija
More definitions
- an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
Examples
1 sentencesJohn has a condition called kleptomania.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing:
Origin
From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- + -mania.From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- + -mania.
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Forms
plural: kleptomaniasWord family
4 related wordsDerivedbibliokleptomania
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable