Tarantism

//ˈtæɹəntɪzm//

Synonyms for "tarantism" (2 found)

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11 translations across 10 languages.

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Catalan

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  • tarantisme noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

Danish

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  • tarantisme noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

Dutch

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  • danswoede noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)
  • tarantisme noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

French

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  • tarentisme noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

German

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  • Tanzwut noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

Hungarian

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  • tarantizmus noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

Norwegian

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  • tarantisme noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • tarantisme noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

Portuguese

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  • tarantismo noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

Swedish

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  • tarantism noun (an extreme urge to dance thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula)

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This dancing mania or tarantism prevailed during the whole of the 17th century — and Baglivi, one of the best physicians of that time, made it the subject of a dissertation. He supports his history of the symptoms by the testimony of his father, […]

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The position depicted is often seen to characterize rituals of tarantism, used for centuries in southern Italy and elsewhere to treat victims of the tarantula's bite, expressing personal and social crises (De Martino 2005).

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