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collectomania

collectomania noun: an obsessive desire to collect things.

Noun

collectomania (uncountable)

  1. An obsessive desire to collect things.
    • Only one thing could be considered and attributed: Leah's collectomania that grew to fanatic proportions after marriage.1993, Carl Muller, The Jam Fruit Tree, page 126
    • Dreiser 's naturalism textually mimics capitalism's collectomania and fetishistic obsession with material objects and facts [...].1994, Irene Gammel, Sexualizing Power in Naturalism, page 181
    Synonyms:
    collectionitis

Synonyms of collectomania

Origin of collectomania

From collect + -o- + -mania.

Questions about collectomania

What does collectomania mean?
Collectomania means an obsessive desire to collect things.
What part of speech is collectomania?
Collectomania is a noun.

Words near collectomania in the dictionary

  1. collectivizations
  2. collectivize
  3. collectivized
  4. collectivizes
  5. collectivizing
  6. collectomania
  7. collector
  8. collector lane
  9. collector lanes
  10. collector road
  11. collector roads

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