1) Cacoethes 2) Compulsion to steal 3) Mania 4) Passion 5) Problem with lifting 6) Stealing compulsion 7) Taking ill
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1) Cleptomania
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stealing [synonym klopemania]
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Kleptomania is the inability to refrain from the urge to steal items and is done for reasons other than personal use or financial gain. First described in 1816, kleptomania is classified in psychiatry as an impulse control disorder. Alternatively, some of the main characteristics of the disorder, which consist of recurring intrusion feelings, an i...
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• (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
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recurrent compulsion to steal without regard to the value or use of the objects stolen. Although widely known and sometimes used as an attempted ...
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(klep″to-ma´ne-ә) an impulse control disorder consisting of an abnormal, uncontrollable desire to steal.
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klep`to·ma'ni·a (klĕp`to*mā'nĭ*ȧ)
noun [ Greek
kle`pths thief + English
mania .] A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: klep′tō-mā′nē-ă Definitions: 1. A disorder of impulse control characterized by a morbid tendency to steal.
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Kleptomania (from the Greek Klepto, I steal), is a supposed species of mental illness manifesting itself in an obsessive desire to steal.
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n] - an irresistible impulse to steal in the absence of any economic motive
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kleptomania, kleptomaniac Once known as klopemania. An irresistible tendency to steal in which a person steals not because of necessity but as a result of some compulsion. Don`t worry if you`re a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it. —Author Unknown An example of a kleptomaniac is available here.
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cleptomania, kleptomania An example of a cleptomaniac, or kleptomaniac, in action.
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Behavioural disorder characterized by an overpowering desire to possess articles for which one has no need. In kleptomania, as opposed to ordinary theft, there is no obvious need or use for what is stolen and sometimes the sufferer has no memory of the theft
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