Kleptomania Definition

klĕptə-mānē-ə, -mānyə
noun
An abnormal, persistent impulse or tendency to steal, not prompted by need.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Kleptomania

  • From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kleptō, “I steal”) + -mania

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek kleptein to steal –mania

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Kleptomania Sentence Examples

  • Individuals with kleptomania do not want to steal and feel guilty about it.

  • Career thieves, those who steal out of need or to support substance abuse, and those who steal because they have no regard for society's laws, are not considered to have kleptomania.

  • Kleptomania involves urges to steal and repetitive acts of unnecessary theft.

  • Kleptomania is diagnosed when repetitive stealing is not better explained by anger or vengeance, peer pressure, delusions or hallucinations, conduct disorder, a manic episode, or antisocial personality disorder.

  • Children and adolescents with kleptomania experience a growing sense of tension just before stealing, followed by pleasure, relief, or gratification during or just after stealing.

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