an action that is performed compulsively without necessarily leading to an actual reward or pleasure

(medicine, psychology) A pattern of behavior that is characterized by an excessive desire to discard objects from one's home and living areas.

(medicine, psychology) A behavioral pattern characterized by excessive acquisition of and an inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects.

plural of compulsive hoarding

(medicine, psychology) A mental disorder characterized by an obsessive compulsion to repeatedly perform trivial or meaningless actions.

plural of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Synonym of compulsive decluttering

(psychiatry) The state of being obsessive-compulsive.

plural of compulsion loop

(psychology) A habitual chain of activities, for example in a video game, that yields a neurochemical reward such as the release of dopamine.