ilinx

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of play that creates a temporary disruption of perception, for example by inducing vertigo, dizziness, disorientation, or frenzy. uncountable
    — As illustrations he provides sports for agon, lotteries for alea, hero-worship for mimicry, and tightrope walking for ilinx.
  2. The sensation or altered state of consciousness that is so created, called by sociologist Roger Caillois, the “strange excitement” of wanton destruction. uncountable
    — Many of the dances practiced by adults, the polka as well as more contemporary ones, induce a mild form of ilinx.

词源

Via French from Ancient Greek ἶλιγξ (îlinx, “whirlpool; dizziness”), coined by French sociologist Roger Caillois in 1958.
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