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an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.). Today recognized as pseudoscience and an example of scientific racism.
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Drapetomania — was a supposed mental illness described by American physician Samuel A. Cartwright in 1851 that caused black slaves to flee captivity.[1]:41 Today, drapetomania is considered an example of pseudoscience,[2]:2 and part of the edifice of scientific … Wikipedia
Drapetomanía — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Se conoce por drapetomanía (del griego δραπετης (drapetes, fugitivo [esclavo] ) + μανια (mania, locura ) a la supuesta enfermedad que padecerían los esclavos negros del siglo XIX, consistente en unas ansias de… … Wikipedia Español
drapetomanía — afición morbosa al vagabundeo; dromomanía Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 … Diccionario médico
drapetomania — intense desire to run away from home Manias and Obsessions … Phrontistery dictionary
drapetomania — An overwhelming urge to run away from home … Grandiloquent dictionary
Драпетомания — (drapetomania) в соответствии с диагностической категорией XIX века, это обсессивное желание свободы, которое заставляло некоторых рабов убегать из неволи … Общая психология: глоссарий
Samuel A. Cartwright — Samuel Adolphus Cartwright (November 3, 1793 May 2, 1863) was a Confederate States of America physician who was assigned the responsibility of improving sanitary conditions in the camps about Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Port Hudson, Louisiana. He … Wikipedia
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Scientific racism — denotes the use of scientific, or ostensibly scientific, findings and methods to support or validate racist attitudes and worldviews. It is based on belief in the existence and significance of racial categories, but extends this into a hierarchy… … Wikipedia
Dysaethesia Aethiopica — NOTOC In psychiatry [citebook |title=The Sociology of Mental Illness |author=Bernard J. Gallagher |year=1987 |publisher=Prentice Hall |pages=p. 285 |id=ISBN 0138211175 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FNsVAAAAIAAJ… … Wikipedia
