drapetomania

名词 n.
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名词 n.
  1. The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness. historical,uncountable
    — To prevent the full-blown development of drapetomania, exhibited by the actual running away of the slave, whipping is recommended as medical therapy; in a revealing allusion to its historical origins, the treatment is called "whipping the devil out of them."
  2. An overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.). dated,uncountable
    — One of these is a supposed form of mental disease, termed by him "Drapetomania, which, like a malady that cats are liable to, manifests itself by an irrestrainable propensity to run away."

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Coined in 1851 by Samuel A. Cartwright as a name for a supposed mental illness that caused black slaves to flee captivity. Ancient Greek δραπέτης (drapétēs, “runaway slave”) + μανία (manía, “madness”).
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