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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 motiveplay

  Familiarity information: KLEPTOMANIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KLEPTOMANIA (noun)


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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