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bibliomania::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | acquisitiveness |
| Derivation | bibliomaniacal |
Examples of bibliomania
bibliomania
That attitude might separate Ewald from other book collectors who have seen their bibliophilia spiral into bibliomania.
From the sacbee.com
A collector of the underground works of Nobel winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, he finds that the vast majority of book collectors have not plunged into bibliomania.
From the sacbee.com
Despite all the claims about the family's bibliomania, we rarely get to see what anyone is actually reading, and it never seems to affect them any more than knitting or bird-watching might.
From the washingtonpost.com
The purchase of multiple copies of the same book and edition and the accumulation of books beyond possible capacity of use or enjoyment are frequent symptoms of bibliomania.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bibliomania gives you easy access to more than 2,000 texts, including articles, interviews, and a wide variety of classic novels, short stories and plays, all for free.
From the usatoday.com
Bibliophilia is sometimes called bibliomania but should not be confused with the obsessive-compulsive disorder by that name, which involves the excessive accumulation and hoarding of books.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Preoccupation with the acquisition and possession of books
- Bibliomania can be a symptom of obsessiveu2013compulsive disorder which involves the collecting or even hoarding of books to the point where social relations or health are damaged.
- (Bibliomaniac) Book collecting is the collecting of books, including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever books are of interest to a given individual collector. ...
- (Bibliomaniac) Many bookdealers and certain collectors.
