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noun Abnormal fear of theft.

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klepto- + -phobia

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If you are possessed by an irrational aversion to politicians, you have politicophobia, if to thieves, kleptophobia, if to foreigners, xenophobia.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1 1983

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jmjarmstrong commented on the word kleptophobia

JM suffers from intellectual kleptophobia - or perhaps those thoughts that are missing have just been misplaced rather than nicked.

October 31, 2009