disposophobia
disposophobia noun: fear or dislike of disposing of items; a tendency to hoard things.
Noun
disposophobia (uncountable)
- Fear or dislike of disposing of items; a tendency to hoard things.
- At the extreme end of the clutter spectrum are folks who suffer from what some call disposophobia—fear of disposing. In other words, they hoard. According to one report, nearly a million junkaholics suffer from this psychological, and the proof is in the piles. To help those who suffer from...2011, Iyna Bort Caruso, Simply Organized: "The all-in-one guide to organizing your home, office, children, and more!", →ISBN
- Compulsive hoarding (or pathological hoarding or disposophobia) is the selfish acquisition of possessions (and failure to use or discard them)...2012, Miriam Neff, Where Do I Go From Here?: Bold Living After Unwanted Change, →ISBN
disposophobia meaning in Tamil
disposophobia in Tamil
- அகற்றல் வெருளி
Origin of disposophobia
From dispose + -o- + -phobia.
Questions about disposophobia
- What does disposophobia mean?
- Disposophobia means fear or dislike of disposing of items; a tendency to hoard things.
- What is disposophobia in Tamil?
- Disposophobia in Tamil is அகற்றல் வெருளி. See Disposophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disposophobia?
- Disposophobia is a noun.
Words near disposophobia in the dictionary
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