Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok or having gone amok, also spelled. 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. Yes, id like to receive word of the day emails from. Amok first entered english in the mid1600s as a noun meaning murderous frenzy. 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. Disseminating and publishing challenging books since 1987. The recently refurbished publishing wing is now called amok books. 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. Protesters gathered at the texas state capital building on saturday at alex jonessponsored rally. 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. 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. Urban dictionary and our advertising partners set cookies on your computer to improve our site and the advertisements you see.
Amok definition, among members of certain southeast asian cultures a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder. Amok definition in the cambridge english dictionary. It deals with an extreme obsession, which leads the protagonist to sacrifice his. The hate poems we are gypsies now flesh and excess. First printed in the newspaper neue freie presse in 1922, amok appeared shortly afterwards in the collection of novellas amok. Disseminating and publishing challenging books since 1987 amok books. Amok is a novella by the austrian author stefan zweig. 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. Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok or having gone amok, also spelled amuck or amuk, from the southeast asian austronesian languages especially malaysian and indonesian, 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.
Adverb comparative more amock, superlative most amock 1. Amok synonyms, amok antonyms merriamwebster thesaurus. 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. As zweig was fascinated and influenced by sigmund freuds work, amok includes clear psychoanalytical elements.
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