Kleptomania
nOne word substitutionWord familySSC PYQ × 12क्लेप्टोमेनिया
Irresistible impulse to steal
Desire to steal things
चोरी करने की बार बार उठने वाली मानसिक प्रवृत्ति
Kleptomania is treated as a disorder, not greed.
She was diagnosed with kleptomania.
Daily use: Kleptomania ek bimari hai, chori ka shauk nahi.
Klepto = चोरी और mania = उन्माद, बेकाबू धुन। बिना ज़रूरत के भी चोरी करने की बेकाबू इच्छा = Kleptomania।
Split it: KLEPTO = stealing and MANIA = an uncontrollable craze. An irresistible craze for stealing, even without need, is kleptomania.
SSC में -mania परिवार साथ आता है: kleptomania (चोरी), pyromania (आग लगाना), megalomania (बड़प्पन का भ्रम), dipsomania (शराब), monomania (एक ही धुन)।
SSC groups the -mania words: kleptomania (stealing), pyromania (setting fires), megalomania (delusions of greatness), dipsomania (alcohol), monomania (one obsession).