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The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness. / (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.)

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drapetomania

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drapetomania

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uncountable dated

Japanese Meaning

奴隷が逃走したいという欲求（精神障害と見なされる） / （時代遅れの意味で）家や悪い状況、責任から逃げ出す衝動

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19世紀、一部の医師は奴隷が逃亡したいという欲求を精神疾患とみなすことで彼らの逃亡を説明し、その自由追求を病理化しました。

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The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness.

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."

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(dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.)

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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