Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collectomania

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: col-lec-to-ma-nia
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obsessive desire to collect things.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Only one thing could be considered and attributed: Leah's collectomania that grew to fanatic proportions after marriage."
"Dreiser 's naturalism textually mimics capitalism's collectomania and fetishistic obsession with material objects and facts [...]."
"The apparent absence of selection criteria in Warhol's collectomania was also a characteristic of 'Raid the Icebox I', the touring show that he curated in 1969 at the Institute for the Arts in Houston [...]."

Etymology

From collect + -o- + -mania.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: collect
Suffix: -o-

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

collectionitis

Questions

What does collectomania mean?: An obsessive desire to collect things.
Where does collectomania come from?: From collect + -o- + -mania.

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