oniomania

• The literature's first mention of compulsive buying was in the early 1900s by two of Freud's disciples, Eugene Bleuler and Emil Kraepelin, who coined the term oniomania - from the Greek root "onios," which means for sale - to refer to those obsessed with making purchases. —  Signs of the Times
• There are some, however, who wonder whether oniomania should, in fact, be included in the D.S.M., including Dr. Jack Drescher, a Manhattan psychiatrist and former president of the New York County chapter of the American Psychiatric Association. —  Signs of the Times
• There are some, however, who wonder whether oniomania should, in fact, be included in the DSM, including Jack Drescher, a Manhattan psychiatrist and former president of the New York County chapter of the American Psychiatric Association. —  NYT > Global Home
• Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. " —  languagehat.com

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