compulsive hoarding

English

Noun

compulsive hoarding (usually uncountable, plural compulsive hoardings)

1. (psychiatry, psychology) A mental disorder characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects.

   Synonym: hoarding disorder

   Antonym: compulsive decluttering

Translations

mental disorder characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects

• Hungarian: kényszeres gyűjtögetés

See also

• packrattery
• Diogenes syndrome