kleptomanian.

Brit.

/ˌklɛptə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S.

/ˌklɛptəˈmeɪniə/

Forms: Also cleptomania.

Etymology: < Greek κλεπτο-, combining form of κλέπτης thief + mania n.

An irresistible tendency to theft, actuating persons who are not tempted to it by necessitous circumstances, supposed by some to be a form of insanity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > disposition to > mania for

kleptomania1830

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > other compulsions

kleptomania1830

klopemania1855

arithmomania1892

onychophagia1894

oniomania1895

onychophagy1898

trichotillomania1905

1830 New Monthly Mag. 28 15 Instances of this cleptomania are well known to have happened in this country, even among the rich and noble.

1861 Critic 19 Oct. 410 Persons..subject to what has been characterised as ‘Kleptomania’.

1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxiii. 13 When a youthful nobleman steals jewellery we call the act kleptomania.

Derivatives

kleptoˈmaniac n. one affected with kleptomania (also attributive or as adj. ).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > habitual or kleptomaniac

mercurial1615

Mercurialist1644

village butler1795

kleptomaniac1861

klep1889

klepto1958

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > other compulsions > person

onychophagist1834

kleptomaniac1861

arithmomaniac1890

trichotillomaniac1962

1861 R. F. Burton City of Saints 74 The Dakota of these regions are expert and daring kleptomaniacs.

1874 H. Maudsley Respons. in Mental Dis. iii. 82 Many kleptomaniacs have..been moral imbeciles.

1884 Graphic Christm. No. 21/1 A kleptomaniac ape.

klepˈtomanist n.

ΚΠ

1862 M. B. Betham-Edwards John & I III. xiii. 214 No more..than a kleptomanist can keep his fingers off the goods on a shop-counter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kleptomania
释义	kleptomanian. Brit. /ˌklɛptə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/, U.S. /ˌklɛptəˈmeɪniə/ Forms: Also cleptomania. Etymology: < Greek κλεπτο-, combining form of κλέπτης thief + mania n. An irresistible tendency to theft, actuating persons who are not tempted to it by necessitous circumstances, supposed by some to be a form of insanity. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > disposition to > mania for kleptomania1830 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > other compulsions kleptomania1830 klopemania1855 arithmomania1892 onychophagia1894 oniomania1895 onychophagy1898 trichotillomania1905 1830 New Monthly Mag. 28 15 Instances of this cleptomania are well known to have happened in this country, even among the rich and noble. 1861 Critic 19 Oct. 410 Persons..subject to what has been characterised as ‘Kleptomania’. 1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxiii. 13 When a youthful nobleman steals jewellery we call the act kleptomania. Derivatives kleptoˈmaniac n. one affected with kleptomania (also attributive or as adj. ). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > habitual or kleptomaniac mercurial1615 Mercurialist1644 village butler1795 kleptomaniac1861 klep1889 klepto1958 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > compulsion neurosis > other compulsions > person onychophagist1834 kleptomaniac1861 arithmomaniac1890 trichotillomaniac1962 1861 R. F. Burton City of Saints 74 The Dakota of these regions are expert and daring kleptomaniacs. 1874 H. Maudsley Respons. in Mental Dis. iii. 82 Many kleptomaniacs have..been moral imbeciles. 1884 Graphic Christm. No. 21/1 A kleptomaniac ape. klepˈtomanist n. ΚΠ 1862 M. B. Betham-Edwards John & I III. xiii. 214 No more..than a kleptomanist can keep his fingers off the goods on a shop-counter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas kleptomania Forming words in which it has the sense ‘theft, thieving’, as kleptocracy, kleptomania. extracted from klepto-comb. form < n.1830 as lemmas
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kleptomanian.

Derivatives

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