Meanings
nounkleptomania (countable and uncountable, plural kleptomanias)
plural kleptomanias · alternative cleptomania
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesA psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
"He steals a lot?" "That's kleptomania," Sticky said.
2007, Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society, page 81
Origin
- Ancient Greekκλέπτω“to steal”
- Englishkleptomania
From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- + -mania.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مرض السرقَة
- مرض السرقَةdisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Bengali চৌর্যোন্মাদ
- চৌর্যোন্মাদ (cōurjōnmad)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Catalan cleptomania
- cleptomaniadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Chinese Mandarin 盜竊狂症 /盗窃狂症, 盜竊癖 /盗窃癖
- 盜竊狂症 /盗窃狂症 (dàoqièkuángzhèng)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
- 盜竊癖 /盗窃癖 (dàoqièpǐ)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Czech kleptomanie
- kleptomaniedisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Danish kleptomani
- kleptomanidisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Dutch kleptomanie, steelzucht
- kleptomaniedisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
- steelzuchtdisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Esperanto kleptomanio
- kleptomaniodisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Estonian kleptomaania
- kleptomaaniadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Finnish kleptomania
- kleptomaniadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
French cleptomanie, kleptomanie
- cleptomaniedisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
- kleptomaniedisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
German Kleptomanie, Stehlsucht
- Kleptomaniedisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
- Stehlsuchtdisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Greek κλεπτομανία
- κλεπτομανία (kleptomanía)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Hindi चौर्योन्माद
- चौर्योन्माद (cauryonmād)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Hungarian kleptománia
- kleptomániadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Icelandic stelsýki
- stelsýkidisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Italian cleptomania
- cleptomaniadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Japanese 盗癖, 窃盗症
- 盗癖 (tōheki)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
- 窃盗症 (settō-shō)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Korean 도벽
- 도벽 (dobyeok)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Latin cleptomania
- cleptomaniadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Māori mate tāhae
- mate tāhaedisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Norwegian kleptomani
- kleptomanidisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Polish kleptomania
- kleptomaniadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Portuguese cleptomania
- cleptomaniadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Romanian cleptomanie
- cleptomaniedisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Russian клептома́ния
- клептома́ния (kleptománija)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Scottish Gaelic miann gadachd
- miann gadachddisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Spanish cleptomanía
- cleptomaníadisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Swedish kleptomani
- kleptomanidisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Tagalog kulawin
- kulawindisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Thai โรคชอบหยิบฉวย
- โรคชอบหยิบฉวย (rôok-chɔ̂ɔp-yìp-chǔai)disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Turkish kleptomani
- kleptomanidisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Vietnamese trộm cắp cưỡng bức
- trộm cắp cưỡng bứcdisorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with kleptomania
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