"compulsive hoarding" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: compulsive hoardings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} compulsive hoarding (usually uncountable, plural compulsive hoardings)
  1. (psychiatry, psychology) A mental disorder characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: hoarding disorder Related terms: Diogenes syndrome, packrattery Translations (mental disorder characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects): keräilypakko (Finnish), kényszeres gyűjtögetés (Hungarian)

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