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kleptomaniac

noun klep·to·ma·ni·ac \-nē-ˌak\

Definition of KLEPTOMANIAC

: a person evidencing kleptomania

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First Known Use of KLEPTOMANIAC

1861

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

Rhymes with KLEPTOMANIAC

Anglophiliac, aphrodisiac, coprophiliac, Dionysiac, dipsomaniac, egomaniac, hemophiliac, hypochondriac, intracardiac, melancholiac, monomaniac, mythomaniac, necrophiliac, neophiliac, nymphomaniac, paraphiliac, pedophiliac, pyromaniac, sacroiliac, sal ammoniac

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kleptomaniac

noun klep·to·ma·ni·ac \-nē-ˌak\

Medical Definition of KLEPTOMANIAC

: an individual exhibiting kleptomania

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