Meanings
- uncountableAn obsessive desire to collect things.
Only one thing could be considered and attributed: Leah's collectomania that grew to fanatic proportions after marriage.
1993, Carl Muller, The Jam Fruit Tree, page 1262 more examples
Dreiser 's naturalism textually mimics capitalism's collectomania and fetishistic obsession with material objects and facts [...].
1994, Irene Gammel, Sexualizing Power in Naturalism, page 181The apparent absence of selection criteria in Warhol's collectomania was also a characteristic of 'Raid the Icebox I', the touring show that he curated in 1969 at the Institute for the Arts in Houston [...].
2007, Anna Dezeuze, “Unpacking Joseph Cornell”, in Joseph Cornell: Opening The Box, page 223Synonyms: collectionitis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn obsessive desire to collect things.
Origin
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collectomania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectomania
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