kleptomania
/ˌklɛp.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə
kleptomania noun: a psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
Noun
kleptomania (countable and uncountable, plural kleptomanias)
- A psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
kleptomania meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
kleptomania in Hindi
- disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
- चौर्योन्माद cauryonmād
kleptomania in Tamil
- திருடும் வெறிநோய், திருட்டு வெறி, கள்ளல் பித்து, கள்ளல்விடாய், அணிச்சைத் திருட்டு, திருட்டுவெறி
kleptomania in Urdu
- بلاضرورت چوری کی عادت, جنون سرقہ
kleptomania in Bengali
- disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsessions with stealing
- চৌর্যোন্মাদ cōurjōnmad
More languagesFewer languages
- kleptomania in Kannada
- ಕದಿಯುವ ಗೀಳು
- kleptomania in Gujarati
- ચૌર્યોન્માદ cauryonmād
- kleptomania in Tagalog
- kulawin
- kleptomania in Arabic
- مرض السرقَة
- kleptomania in Thai
- โรคชอบหยิบฉวย rôok-chɔ̂ɔp-yìp-chǔai
- kleptomania in Vietnamese
- trộm cắp cưỡng bức
Forms of kleptomania
| plural | kleptomanias |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cleptomania |
Origin of kleptomania
From Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) + -mania, analyzed as klepto- + -mania.
Words formed from kleptomania
Words that rhyme with kleptomania
- Pennsylvania
- dipsomania
- Lusitania
- mania
- megalomania
- urania
- Aquitania
- erotomania
- graphomania
- metromania
- monomania
- Occitania
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- Pittsylvania
- Romania
- Ruritania
- Spotsylvania
- Tasmania
- theomania
- tulipomania
- acrania
- Albania
- anthomania
- arithmomania
- bibliomania
- Chinamania
- crania
- egomania
- ergomania
- extemporanea
- extemporania
- Francomania
- Gallomania
- gazania
- habromania
- hagiomania
- Hellenomania
- hemicrania
- laconomania
- Lithuania
- Mauretania
- musomania
- nostomania
- nymphomania
- oniomania
- orchidomania
- paramania
- phyllomania
- Pistolvania
- politicomania
- polytoxicomania
- Pomerania
- pornomania
- pyromania
- Rumania
- syphilomania
- theatromania
- timbromania
- toxicomania
- Transylvania
- trichotillomania
Questions about kleptomania
- What does kleptomania mean?
- Kleptomania means a psychological disorder that causes an uncontrollable obsession with stealing without economic or material need.
- What is kleptomania in Hindi?
- Kleptomania in Hindi is चौर्योन्माद (cauryonmād). See Kleptomania meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kleptomania?
- Kleptomania is a noun.
- How do you pronounce kleptomania?
- Kleptomania is pronounced /ˌklɛp.təˈmeɪ.ni.ə.
- What is the plural of kleptomania?
- The plural of kleptomania is kleptomanias.
Words near kleptomania in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kleptomania (page history and authors); kleptomania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kleptomania (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); kleptomania (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kleptomania.wav.
Cite this entry: “kleptomania.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/kleptomania. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.