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amok

culture-bound syndrome
MedicalCondition culture_bound_syndrome Q473814
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amok

Summary

amok is a culture-bound syndrome[1]. amok draws 3,121 Wikipedia views per month (culture_bound_syndrome category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • amok's instance of is recorded as culture-bound syndrome[3].
  • amok is a type of mass murder[4].
  • amok's Commons category is recorded as Amok[5].
  • amok's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amok[6].
  • amok's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • amok's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • amok's different from is recorded as going postal[9].
  • amok's different from is recorded as mass murder[10].

Why It Matters

amok draws 3,121 Wikipedia views per month (culture_bound_syndrome category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] amok has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] amok is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). amok. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/amok
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  1. 6d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → going postal, mass murder
    Instance of → culture-bound syndrome
    Topic's main category → Category:Amok
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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