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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCacoethes
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ka-ko-e-tɛs
"O seu cacoethes por jogos de azar arruinou-o."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An irresistible urge to act, often in a harmful or detrimental way.
"His cacoethes for gambling led him to ruin his finances." - 2
A compulsion or obsession that is difficult to resist.
"She struggled with a cacoethes for perfection that made her life stressful."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'cacoethes' originates from the Greek word 'kakos', meaning 'bad', and 'ethos', meaning 'character' or 'habit'. It was adopted into Latin and later into English, where it has retained its connotation of a harmful or uncontrollable urge, particularly in the context of a compulsion or obsession.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Cacoethes" is said worldwide
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Cacoéthes
Transliteration: ka-ko-e-tɛs
"Il a un cacoéthes pour le jeu qui le ruine."
Cacoethes
Transliteration: ka-ko-e-tɛs
"Sein Cacoethes für das Glücksspiel führte zu großen Problemen."
Cacoethes
Transliteration: ka-ko-e-tɛs
"La sua cacoethes per il gioco d'azzardo lo ha rovinato."
Cacoethes
Transliteration: ka-ko-e-tɛs
"Su cacoethes por el juego lo llevó a la ruina."
Cacoethes
Transliteration: ka-ko-e-tɛs
"O seu cacoethes por jogos de azar arruinou-o."
काकोएथेस
Transliteration: kakoethes
"उसका काकोएथेस जुए के लिए उसे बर्बाद कर रहा है।"
卡科埃西斯
Transliteration: kǎkē'āixī sī
"他的卡科埃西斯让他陷入了困境。"
카코에테스
Transliteration: kakoetes
"그의 카코에테스는 그를 파산으로 이끌었다."
カコエテス
Transliteration: kakoetesu
"彼のカコエテスは彼を破産に導いた。"
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