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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieskleptomanie
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kleptomani
"Elle a été diagnostiquée avec une kleptomanie sévère."
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A recurrent mental disorder characterized by an irresistible urge to steal items, typically items of little value or use to the person.
"Her therapist explained that her compulsive shoplifting was a manifestation of kleptomania rather than greed." - 2
A psychological compulsion or impulse control disorder involving the obsessive impulse to take things belonging to others.
"He sought professional psychiatric help to manage his lifelong struggle with kleptomania."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words kleptēs (thief) and mania (madness or frenzy), coined in the 19th century by French physicians to describe an irresistible urge to steal. It entered medical and psychological nomenclature during the Victorian era to distinguish pathological theft from ordinary criminal intent.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Kleptomania" is said worldwide
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kleptomanie
Transliteration: kleptomani
"Elle a été diagnostiquée avec une kleptomanie sévère."
Kleptomanie
Transliteration: kleptomani
"Kleptomanie ist eine anerkannte psychische Störung."
cleptomania
Transliteration: kleptomania
"La cleptomania è un disturbo del controllo degli impulsi."
cleptomanía
Transliteration: kleptomania
"El paciente recibió tratamiento psicológico para su cleptomanía."
cleptomania
Transliteration: kleptomania
"A cleptomania leva a pessoa a roubar sem necessidade financeira."
चोरी की बीमारी
Transliteration: chori ki bimari
"क्लेप्टोमेनिया एक प्रकार की मानसिक बीमारी है।"
盗窃癖
Transliteration: dào qiè pǐ
"医生诊断他患有严重的盗窃癖。"
도벽
Transliteration: dobyeok
"그녀는 심각한 도벽으로 치료를 받고 있다."
窃盗癖
Transliteration: settōheki
"彼は窃盗癖の治療のために病院に通っている。"
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