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amok

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noun

variants or less commonly amuck
: 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

variants or less commonly amuck
1
: in a violently raging, wild, or uncontrolled manner
used in the phrase run amok
rioters running amok in the streetsConditions had allowed extremism to run amok.
2
: in a murderously frenzied state

amok

3 of 3

adjective

variants or less commonly amuck
: possessed with or motivated by a murderous or violently uncontrollable frenzy

Did you know?

Print evidence of amok in English was first recorded in the 1600s, when the word was used as a noun meaning "murderous frenzy." Visitors to Southeast Asia had reported witnessing the suffering and effects of a psychiatric disorder known in Malay as amok. Typically, the afflicted person (usually a man) attacked bystanders in a frenzy, killing everyone in sight until he collapsed or was himself killed. By the end of the 17th century English speakers had adopted both the noun and adverb forms of amok, as well as the phrase "run amok," a translation of the Malay verb mengamok. The adverb, in time, has mitigated its violent nature; it usually describes the actions of the unruly and not the murderous.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Adverb
Severance, Apple TV+’s genially strange series about corporate capitalism run amok, features employees who are essentially trapped in the office. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2022 According to this new vision, Western civilization is being attacked from within by liberalism run amok. William A. Galston, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Follow the law by limiting reckless immigration that has run amok. Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022 Some might dismiss it as wokeness run amok, but there shouldn’t be anything political about speaking with respect. Kiran Herbert, Outside Online, 22 Feb. 2022 In doing so, Gensler has sought to bludgeon mainstream companies like Coinbase, which have (mostly) followed the rules all while letting the worst actors run amok. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 28 July 2022 Even recently, as inflation has run amok, wages in those metros have kept pace. Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 21 July 2022 Pundits on the right claim this is wokeism run amok and will imperil West Hollywood residents. Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 The Universal film explores a world in which dinosaurs are not just running amok on a remote island, but all over Earth. Frank Pallotta, CNN, 10 June 2022
Adjective
Wyatt Russell has been terrific as this avatar of male insecurity run wildly amok, but the script isn’t always doing him favors. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

borrowed from Malay amok

Adverb

derivative of amok entry 1

Adjective

derivative of amok entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1665, in the meaning defined above

Adverb

1672, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Adjective

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of amok was in 1665

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