kleptomania
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See also: kleptománia and kleptomanía
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “I steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- + -mania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌklɛp.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə, -ˈmeɪn.jə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪniə
Noun
kleptomania (countable and uncountable, plural kleptomanias)
- (psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
Related terms
Translations
disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
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See also
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kleptomania
Declension
| Inflection of kleptomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kleptomania | kleptomaniat | |
| genitive | kleptomanian | kleptomanioiden kleptomanioitten | |
| partitive | kleptomaniaa | kleptomanioita | |
| illative | kleptomaniaan | kleptomanioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kleptomania | kleptomaniat | |
| accusative | nom. | kleptomania | kleptomaniat |
| gen. | kleptomanian | ||
| genitive | kleptomanian | kleptomanioiden kleptomanioitten kleptomaniain rare | |
| partitive | kleptomaniaa | kleptomanioita | |
| inessive | kleptomaniassa | kleptomanioissa | |
| elative | kleptomaniasta | kleptomanioista | |
| illative | kleptomaniaan | kleptomanioihin | |
| adessive | kleptomanialla | kleptomanioilla | |
| ablative | kleptomanialta | kleptomanioilta | |
| allative | kleptomanialle | kleptomanioille | |
| essive | kleptomaniana | kleptomanioina | |
| translative | kleptomaniaksi | kleptomanioiksi | |
| abessive | kleptomaniatta | kleptomanioitta | |
| instructive | — | kleptomanioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
- “kleptomania”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō) + -mania.
Pronunciation
Noun
kleptomania f
Declension
Declension of kleptomania
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | kleptomania |
| genitive | kleptomanii |
| dative | kleptomanii |
| accusative | kleptomanię |
| instrumental | kleptomanią |
| locative | kleptomanii |
| vocative | kleptomanio |
Further reading
- kleptomania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kleptomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN