Collectionitis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An obsessive desire to collect things; collectomania. uncountable

    "His answer was one which, with appropriate variations, might have been given by any one of those who, like himself, have been willing sufferers from some form of collectionitis."

Synonyms

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collectomaniacollectomania

Example

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"His answer was one which, with appropriate variations, might have been given by any one of those who, like himself, have been willing sufferers from some form of collectionitis."

Etymology

From collection + -itis. Compare French collectionnite.

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