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KLEPTOMANIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kleptomania mean?
• KLEPTOMANIA (noun)
The noun KLEPTOMANIA has 1 sense:
1. an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
Familiarity information: KLEPTOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting goals
Hypernyms ("kleptomania" is a kind of...):
cacoethes; mania; passion (an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action)
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