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kleptomania

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, I steal) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- +‎ -mania.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kleptomania (countable and uncountable, plural kleptomanias)

  1. (psychology) A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
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Translations

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See also

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Finnish

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Etymology

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klepto- +‎ -mania

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkleptoˌmɑniɑ/, [ˈkle̞pt̪o̞ˌmɑ̝niɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): klepto‧mania

Noun

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kleptomania

  1. kleptomania

Declension

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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.
Possessive forms of kleptomania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō) + -mania.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /klɛp.tɔˈmaɲ.ja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲja
  • Syllabification: klep‧to‧man‧ia

Noun

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kleptomania f

  1. kleptomania

Declension

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Further reading

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  • kleptomania in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kleptomania in Polish dictionaries at PWN