Kleptomania (redirected from Kleptophilia)

kleptomania /klep·to·ma·nia/ (klep?to-ma´ne-ah) compulsive stealing of objects unnecessary for personal use or monetary value.

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klep·to·ma·ni·a (klpt-mn-, -mny)

n.

An obsessive impulse to steal regardless of economic need, usually arising from an unconscious symbolic value associated with the stolen item.

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klepto·mani·ac (-n-k) adj.

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Kleptomania

An impulse control disorder in which one steals objects that are of little or no value.

Mentioned in: Impulse Control Disorders, Intermittent Explosive Disorder

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kleptomania

(klep´tōmā´nē)
n an impulse control disorder distinguished by an uncontrollable urge to steal typically unnecessary objects.