Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Arising from or imposed by society.
- adjective Motivated by social influences, values, or constraints.
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Link to article 'Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness: From possessed nuns to chemical and biological terrorism fears' from the British Journal of Psychiatry.
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Link to article 'Protean nature of mass sociogenic illness: From possessed nuns to chemical and biological terrorism fears' from the British Journal of Psychiatry.
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While New York City firefighters and Tokyo schoolchildren have both succumbed to what experts categorize as a mass sociogenic or psychogenic illness, young women are particularly vulnerable - and in Cambodia they make up most of the garment industry's 350,000-strong workforce.
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Before the 20th century, most reports of mass delusions or hysterical outbreaks - known to sociologists and psychologists as 'mass sociogenic illness' - involved people exposed to strict discipline for a long time.
qms commented on the word sociogenic
A wise man must notice with sadness
How crowds consume hate with such gladness
Cannot outcomes irenic
Be sociogenic
Or must trumpery always breed madness?
February 29, 2016