Talk:drapetomania

Is it really as general as our definition suggests? Wikipedia and Google Books suggest it only refers to slaves running away. Equinox ◑ 20:33, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Since someone changed the def not to be about slaves any more, I have removed the usage note and racism stuff, only applicable to slavery. But I suspect this entry may be wrong. Equinox ◑ 20:55, 1 August 2016 (UTC)

Usage notes

It says: "Today recognized as pseudoscience and an example of scientific racism." That is indisputably true, but I do wonder whether it's really a "usage note", or just encyclopaedic commentary of some kind. Equinox ◑ 09:41, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

RFV discussion: December 2017

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drapetomania

Sense:

1. (dated) an overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.)

This was commented by @Equinox in Talk:drapetomania in 2014. He said: "Is it really as general as our definition suggests? Wikipedia and Google Books suggest it only refers to slaves running away."

Please find citations for that general sense, or let's change it to the sense of slaves running away, which seems easily citable. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 00:45, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Yes, there was an older definition that somebody changed. I suspect the older def was more accurate. Equinox ◑ 00:48, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

I looked through the entire history of the entry, and cannot find an older def that referred to slaves. I added a separate entry for that sense, and moved the rfv to just the more general sense. I have added a number of cites to the more general entry, none of which are talking about slaves. Kiwima (talk) 04:08, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 09:08, 17 December 2017 (UTC)