[lit-ideas] Re: a question for the sages here
- From: John Wager <john.wager1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:06:27 -0600
Paul Stone wrote:
Does anyone know if there's a word for "addicted to collecting" like
something-philia. Of course there are very specific philias, but is
there a technical/medical term for collecting for the sake of collecting?
In the U.S. the technical term for this wide-spread malady would be
"shopping."
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