kleptomania
/klep-tuh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh/US // ˌklɛp təˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə //UK // (ˌklɛptəʊˈmeɪnɪə) //
偷窃癖,盗窃癖,盗贼症,盗窃狂
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Psychology.
- : an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
Examples
Its exercise would probably be classed with kleptomania and other like excesses of purely personal consideration.
Another periodical insanity is kleptomania, in which insane stealing occurs at intervals of greater or lesser regularity.
He is as yet not ready to agree that some sex difficulty is the only conflict back of kleptomania.
The awful impulse of kleptomania alone seemed to explain but scarcely palliate his first offence against society.
I recollect how there used to be a regular little joke at her expense on the subject of kleptomania.
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