单词 | demonopathy |
释义 | > as lemmasdemonopathy demonopathy n. Brit. , U.S. [after French démonopathie ( L. F. Calmeil De la folie (1845) I. 163)] mental illness in which the patient believes himself or herself to be possessed by an evil spirit; (also) illness attributed by onlookers to demonic possession; an instance of this; cf. demonomania n.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession possession1601 fanaticism1708 demonomania1800 demonopathy1846 theolepsy1886 mafufunyana1952 1846 Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 1 459 The opposite of all this is demonomania, divided by Calmeil into demonolatria and demonopathy, in the first of which the principal character is demon-worship, while in the second the patient believes himself possessed by an evil spirit. 1899 R. Park tr. C. Féré Pathol. Emotions 372 The demonopathies of the middle ages developed themselves especially in quarters where physiological misery could be accused. 2004 Hist. Jrnl. 47 331 Because of their hatred of the church, they focused on the treatment of female hysterics who manifested ‘religious’ symptoms—demonopathy, mystical states, and stigmata. < as lemmas |
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