amokoscisia

Meaning

Noun

A sexual frenzy accompanied by a desire to mutilate women.

Origin

Pseudo-Grecism, from amok + -o- + Ancient Greek σχίζω ("to split") + -ia. Schmidt (1984), who probably coined the term, gives the derivation as "amuck (in a state of frenzy) + schizo (slit)"..

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