单词 | shopaholism |
释义 | shopaholismn. The state or fact of being an excessive or compulsive shopper. ΚΠ 1985 B. Weinhouse in Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 158/3 Although some critics have sniped at Diana's shopaholism, others point out that it is very much a part of her job to look beautiful. 1985 N.Y. Times 15 Dec. 22/3 Another recent interview dwelt on a cure for ‘shop-aholism’, a disease that addicts its victims to shopping sprees. 1991 Sunday Times 8 Sept. 4/8 You can buy perfume caskets and glassware... With all this on offer, perhaps we could be in for another epidemic of shopaholism. 2006 M. M. Hammond How to avoid 10 Mistakes Single Women Make viii. 125 When we are low on intimacy with God, the void in our heart begins to signal that something is missing. This can manifest in lots of different ways, from shopoholism to looking for love in all the wrong places. 2009 L. Grant Thoughtful Dresser iv.67 Was [her] shopaholism an illness, a psychological disorder? Or was it the extreme end of the private passion that so many of us have for shopping? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1985 |
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