Amuck definition is an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures. A doctor in the dutch east indies torn between his medical. Definition of amok written for english language learners from the merriamwebster learners dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and countnoncount noun labels. Publisherfilm maker stuart swezey and authorfilm programmer jack sargeant will talk books, underground publishing, underground culture, and much more. Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok or having gone amok, also spelled. Amok definition is an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures. Amok synonyms, amok antonyms merriamwebster thesaurus. Yes, id like to receive word of the day emails from. Disseminating and publishing challenging books since 1987 amok books. Adverb comparative more amock, superlative most amock 1. Protesters gathered at the texas state capital building on saturday at alex jonessponsored rally. The recently refurbished publishing wing is now called amok books. K random musings for the creative hands of the body of christ.
The ferociously eccentric silver lake bookstore, amok, is a retail outlet. Short sharp shocks book 1 kindle edition by barrass, glynn owen, hunt, john, longshore, david, denton, ellen, logan, thomas, grey, john, kernot, david. Amok definition in the cambridge english dictionary. As zweig was fascinated and influenced by sigmund freuds work, amok includes clear psychoanalytical elements. Amok definition, among members of certain southeast asian cultures a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder. Urban dictionary and our advertising partners set cookies on your computer to improve our site and the advertisements you see. First printed in the newspaper neue freie presse in 1922, amok appeared shortly afterwards in the collection of novellas amok. Animal spirits was a term coined by the famous british economist, john maynard keynes, to describe how people arrive at financial decisions, including buying and selling securities, in times of. One false etymology of run amok derives from sailors running a ship aground, literally running the ship into muckbut the english word most directly comes from. A chief priest who came to jerusalem with zerubbabel nehemiah 12. Information and translations of mok in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
Disseminating and publishing challenging books since 1987. Amok first entered english in the mid1600s as a noun meaning murderous frenzy. A japanese soldier alone but, not afraid all who came upon him, have been slayed he survives by his wits, and the bushido way never lose focus, never capitulate, never stray from his mission, though he knows not the war is over, and his blood runs hot. This has got to be one of my favorite guilty pleasures in reading that i return to every few years since first reading it upon its initial release way back when. It deals with an extreme obsession, which leads the protagonist to sacrifice his. Amok is a novella by the austrian author stefan zweig. The hate poems we are gypsies now flesh and excess. Your chance to have a onetoone lesson with bestselling language expert paul noble, try a free audio sample of his brand new mandarin chinese course.
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