1) Acquisitiveness
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Bibliomania can be a symptom of obsessive–compulsive disorder which involves the collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged. One of several unusual behaviors associated with books, bibliomania is characterized by the collecting of books which have no use to the collector nor any great intrinsic...
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books & reading => [biblio-] (Greek) meaning 'books'
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craze for books or reading
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• (n.) A mania for acquiring books.
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Bib`li·o·ma'ni·a noun [ Greek
... book +
... madness: confer French
bibliomanie .] A mania for acquiring books.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: bib′lē-ō-mā′nē-ă Definitions: 1. Morbidly intense desire to collect and possess books, especially rare books.
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Bibliomania (literally 'book-madness'), is a passion for possessing curious books, which reached its highest development in France and England, though originating, like Tulipomania, in Holland, towards the close of the seventeenth century. The true bibliomanist is determined in the purchase of books, less by the value of their contents, than by cer...
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n] - preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
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bibliomania, bibliomane, bibliomanism An intense desire to collect and possess books, especially rare and curious ones; `crazy” about books.
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noun preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
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excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books.
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