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{{short description|Intentional accumulation of items for later use}} {{About|the general gathering and storing of goods|other uses|Hoarding (disambiguation)}} [[File:Tape hoarding kills home taping (1).jpg|thumb|300x300px|Tape hoarding]] '''Hoarding''' is the act of engaging in excessive acquisition of items that are not needed or for which no space is available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hoarding disorder - Symptoms and causes |url=https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hoarding-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20356056 |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=Mayo Clinic |language=en}}</ref> [[File:Rationing Means a Fair Share for All of Us.jpg|alt=A cartoon of two women with the above panel having a woman hoarding and the below panel having the two share resources via rationing|thumb|An anti-hoarding, pro-[[rationing]] poster from the United States in World War II]] [[Civil unrest]] or the threat of natural disasters may lead people to hoard foodstuffs, water, gasoline, and other essentials that they believe will soon be in short supply. [[Survivalist]]s, also known as preppers, often stockpile large supplies of these items in anticipation of a large-scale [[disaster]] event.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/health/preppers-avoiding-panic-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-us Preppers, once mocked, say they were ready for coronavirus crisis]</ref><ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/doomsday-preppers-advice-on-how-to-prepare-for-the-coronavirus-2020-3 Doomsday preppers' advice on how to prepare for the coronavirus]</ref> Other items commonly hoarded include [[coin]]s considered to have an intrinsic value, such as those minted in silver, or gold, as well as collectibles, jewelry, precious metals<ref>{{Cite web|last=Palmer|first=Barclay|title=A Beginner's Guide to Precious Metals|url=https://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/09/precious-metals-gold-silver-platinum.asp|access-date=2020-11-09|website=Investopedia|language=en}}</ref> and other luxuries. According to previous<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Burgess |first1=Alexandra M. |last2=Graves |first2=Lucy M. |last3=Frost |first3=Randy O. |date=June 2018 |title=My possessions need me: Anthropomorphism and hoarding |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sjop.12441 |journal=Scandinavian Journal of Psychology |language=en |volume=59 |issue=3 |pages=340–348 |doi=10.1111/sjop.12441 |pmid=29608213 |issn=0036-5564|url-access=subscription }}</ref> studies, [[anthropomorphism]], or the propensity to attribute human characteristics to non-human items, has been associated with hoarding. Additionally, the findings stated that younger individuals had more substantial hoarding and anthropomorphizing cognitions and behaviors, and women demonstrated stronger early anthropomorphizing behaviors compared to men.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Neave |first1=Nick |last2=Jackson |first2=Rachel |last3=Saxton |first3=Tamsin |last4=Hönekopp |first4=Johannes |date=2015-01-01 |title=The influence of anthropomorphic tendencies on human hoarding behaviours |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886914004863 |journal=Personality and Individual Differences |volume=72 |pages=214–219 |doi=10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.041 |issn=0191-8869}}</ref>
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