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: 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. 2 of 3. adverb.
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AMOK definition: 1. to be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner: 2. to be out of control and act in…. Learn more.
AMOK meaning: 1. to be out of control and act in a wild or dangerous manner: 2. to be out of control and act in…. Learn more.
Amok syndrome is an aggressive dissociative behavioral pattern derived from Indonesia and Malaysia that led to the English phrase running amok. [1] The word derives from the Malay word amuk , traditionally meaning "rushing in a frenzy" or "attacking furiously".
In the 1500s, a Portuguese writer and explorer named Duarte Barbosa described a murderous tribe on the island of Java as the "Amuco," and the word passed on into English. Amuco came from Amuk, a Malay word meaning "attacking furiously." Definitions of amok. adverb. wildly; without self-control.
noun. (among members of certain Southeast Asian cultures) a psychic disturbance characterized by depression followed by a manic urge to murder. adjective. amuck. amok. / əˈmʌk; əˈmɒk; əˈmʌk / noun. a state of murderous frenzy, originally observed among Malays.
