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Drapetomania is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Drapetomania in a sentence

Drapetomania meaning

  1. The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness.
  2. An overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).

Using Drapetomania

  • The main meaning on this page is: The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness. | An overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.).

Context around Drapetomania

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

cited 1× today 1×

Sentence patterns with Drapetomania

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

drapetomania was a 1× szasz cited drapetomania as an 1× today drapetomania is considered 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

drapetomania was a 1× szasz cited drapetomania 1× today drapetomania is 1×

Common sentence endings:

as a disease 1× be a slave 1× of scientific racism 1×

Words around Drapetomania

Just before it in the word index:

drapes 48 drapery 31 drapers 6 draperies 6 draper 218 draped 259

Just after it in the word index:

drapier 4 draping 36 drapkin 2 drar 2 drascilla 3 drashas 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aadvantage 5

Corpus analysis for Drapetomania

  • In this selection, "drapetomania" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cited and today stand out and add context to how "drapetomania" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include drapetomania was a and szasz cited drapetomania as an. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "drapetomania" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with drapetomania

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Drapetomania was a psychiatric diagnosis for a slave who did not want to be a slave. (16 words)

Today, drapetomania is considered an example of pseudoscience, and part of the edifice of scientific racism. (16 words)

Szasz cited drapetomania as an example of a behavior that many in society did not approve of, being labeled and widely cited as a disease. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Szasz cited drapetomania as an example of a behavior that many in society did not approve of, being labeled and widely cited as a disease. (25 words)

Drapetomania was a psychiatric diagnosis for a slave who did not want to be a slave. (16 words)

Today, drapetomania is considered an example of pseudoscience, and part of the edifice of scientific racism. (16 words)

Example sentences (3)

Drapetomania was a psychiatric diagnosis for a slave who did not want to be a slave.

Szasz cited drapetomania as an example of a behavior that many in society did not approve of, being labeled and widely cited as a disease.

Today, drapetomania is considered an example of pseudoscience, and part of the edifice of scientific racism.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "drapetomania" in a sentence?
An example: "Drapetomania was a psychiatric diagnosis for a slave who did not want to be a slave." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "drapetomania" from authentic English texts.
What does "drapetomania" mean?
Drapetomania means: The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness.
How many example sentences with "drapetomania" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "drapetomania", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.