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'''Cacoethes''' (or '''cacoëthes''') is an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. | '''Cacoethes''' (or '''cacoëthes''') is an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. | ||
The term is derived from a line in the Satires of Juvenal: ''Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes'', or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many". | The term is derived from a line in the ''Satires'' of Juvenal: ''Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes'', or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many". | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
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* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes cacoethes] @ Wiktionary | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:29, 11 January 2017
Cacoethes (or cacoëthes) is an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.
The term is derived from a line in the Satires of Juvenal: Tenet insanabile multos scribendi cacoethes, or "the incurable desire (or itch) for writing affects many".
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- cacoethes @ Wiktionary