plural hoarders
: a person or animal that hoards
We love shopping, and logically so: we're planners and hoarders, and by stocking up on available goods now, we can weather lean times tomorrow.—
Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier
specifically
: a person with hoarding disorder
She is someone who buys too much and doesn't throw anything away, even as the stuff piles up and impedes normal life—the textbook definition of a hoarder. —Steven Kurutz
Steven Kurutz Most hoarders … know that their behavior is socially unacceptable and as a result actively conceal it from others. —Sandra G. Boodman
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However, a hoarder with 25 years of tenancy resides in the owner’s unit.
—Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
The first, although generously proportioned and well lit, shocks you with its disorder, the riotous and yet deadening clutter of a hoarder.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
One of our residents is very private, and possibly a hoarder.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
And hoarders in particular view themselves as frugal rather than nuts.
—Marni Jameson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
The first, although generously proportioned and well lit, shocks you with its disorder, the riotous and yet deadening clutter of a hoarder.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
One of our residents is very private, and possibly a hoarder.
—Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
And hoarders in particular view themselves as frugal rather than nuts.
—Marni Jameson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
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hoarder
noun
hoard·er
ˈhȯrd-ər 
: a person affected with hoarding disorder
Most hoarders … know that their behavior is socially unacceptable and as a result actively conceal it from others.—Sandra G. Boodman
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