kleptomaniac
noun[C]
uk/ˌklep.təˈmeɪ.ni.æk/us/ˌklep.toʊˈmeɪ.ni.æk/someone with a verystrongwishtostealthat they cannotcontrol, usuallyconsideredto be atypeofmentalillness:
有窃盗癖者Iknewshe was a kleptomaniac ofextraordinaryskill.我知道她是一个技术高超的窃盗癖者。
He hasseverekleptomaniactendencies.他有严重的窃盗癖倾向。
See
kleptomania
- She issecretlya kleptomaniac whokeepsshoplifting.
- Iheardstoriesthat he was a kleptomaniac.
- Therapyalonewas noteffectiveinreducingkleptomaniacsymptoms.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriac
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome
- sundowning
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