| 单词 | windigo psychosis |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindigo psychosis windigo psychosis n. Anthropology a (supposed) form of psychosis believed to occur among the Alquonquian peoples of Canada and the northern United States, characterized by a craving for the consumption of human flesh or by actual cannibalism. ΚΠ 1933 J. M. Cooper in Primitive Man 6 20 The Cree Witiko Psychosis... This peculiar form of mental disturbance is characterized by (1) a craving for human flesh, and (2) a delusion of transformation into a Witiko who has a heart of ice or who vomits ice. 1971 Brit. Med. Bull. 27 78/1 States of excitement or panic may be so influenced by local conditions as to give the appearance of specific psychoses... The Windigo psychosis of the Chippewa, Ojibwa and Cree Indians illustrates the way in which such states can develop. 2017 N. Ferrara in A. Wenzel SAGE Encycl. Abnormal & Clin. Psychol. VII. 3730/1 This entry briefly describes..the construction of the Windigo psychosis as a culture-bound syndrome, which remains disputed. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。