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amok

culture-bound syndrome
Class type of: mass murder Q473814

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
culture-bound syndrome
Subclass of
mass murder
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[3][4]
Different from
going postal, mass murder, juramentado[5][6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en amok en amuk en desaparegut amok en running amok ar متلازمة أموك de Amokschütze de Spree killer de Spreekiller de Spree-Killer de Amokfall de Amoklage de Amoklauf de Amoklaufen es Sindrome Amok es Síndrome Amok es Sindrome Amuk fi Amok-juoksu fi Amokjuoksu he אמוק hu ámokfutás
🔖 Identifiers · 10
GND ID
4236142-4
Freebase ID
/m/014sp
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
4425022, 1818664
Klexikon article ID
Amoklauf
Lex ID
amok
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778209070
Miraheze wiki ID
amok
Topic's main category
Category:Amok
UMLS CUI
C0270601
Yale LUX ID
concept/22e10247-3542-44f4-807a-426a9498bf2b

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🔗 Connections
Different from 2
mass murder, going postal
Examples 2
2016 Munich shooting, Hungerford massacre
← Main subject 2
We Need to Talk About Kevin, Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Instance of 1
culture-bound syndrome
Subclass of 1
mass murder
← Different from 1
going postal
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Summary

amok is a culture-bound syndrome[1]. amok is a type of mass murder[2].

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · ທິງ຺ອຣ຺ທິລິອມ຺ປູລຸ · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 28
    Different from → going postal, mass murder, juramentado
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ca', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'fi', 'fr', 'ha', 'hr', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: juramentado"
  2. 7w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → going postal, mass murder, juramentado
    Instance of → culture-bound syndrome
    Topic's main category → Category:Amok
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Amok, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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