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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TARANTISM

From New Latin tarantismus, from Taranto.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TARANTISM

tarantism  [ˈtærənˌtɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TARANTISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tarantism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TARANTISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tarantism

Tarantism

Tarantism is a form of hysteric behaviour, popularly believed to result from the bite of a kind of wolf spider called a "tarantula". A better candidate, is Latrodectus tredecimguttatus, commonly known as the Mediterranean black widow or steppe spider, although no link between such bites and the behaviour of tarantism has ever been demonstrated. However, the term historically is used to refer to a dancing mania characteristic of Southern Italy and which likely had little to do with spider bites.

Definition of tarantism in the English dictionary

The definition of tarantism in the dictionary is a nervous disorder marked by uncontrollable bodily movement, widespread in S Italy during the 15th to 17th centuries: popularly thought to be caused by the bite of a tarantula.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TARANTISM


astigmatism
əˈstɪɡməˌtɪzəm
automatism
ɔːˈtɒməˌtɪzəm
baptism
ˈbæpˌtɪzəm
Comtism
ˈkɔːnˌtɪzəm
conservatism
kənˈsɜːvəˌtɪzəm
electromagnetism
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
erotism
ˈɛrəˌtɪzəm
giantism
ˈdʒaɪənˌtɪzəm
gigantism
ˈdʒaɪɡænˌtɪzəm
hirsutism
ˈhɜːsjuːˌtɪzəm
immanentism
ˈɪmənənˌtɪzəm
indifferentism
ɪnˈdɪfrənˌtɪzəm
magnetism
ˈmæɡnɪˌtɪzəm
patriotism
ˈpætrɪəˌtɪzəm
pragmatism
ˈpræɡməˌtɪzəm
Protestantism
ˈprɒtɪstənˌtɪzəm
rheumatism
ˈruːməˌtɪzəm
scientism
ˈsaɪənˌtɪzəm
syncretism
ˈsɪŋkrɪˌtɪzəm
vigilantism
ˌvɪdʒɪˈlænˌtɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TARANTISM

tarakihi
tarama
taramasalata
taramea
Taranaki
Taranaki gate
Taranaki wind
tarand
tarantass
tarantella
Tarantino
Tarantinoesque
Taranto
tarantula
Tarantula nebula
tarantulae
Tararua biscuit
Tarau
Tarawa
taraxacum

WORDS THAT END LIKE TARANTISM

animal magnetism
anti-Semitism
autism
corybantism
dilettantism
flagellantism
hundred-percentism
intransigentism
irredentism
Kantism
magmatism
mutism
obscurantism
pedantism
pococurantism
presentism
quattrocentism
saintism
statism
Vedantism

Synonyms and antonyms of tarantism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tarantism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TARANTISM

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The translations of tarantism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tarantism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

tarantism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tarantismo
570 millions of speakers

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tarantism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tarantism
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

رقوصة
280 millions of speakers

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tarantism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tarantism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tarantism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tarentisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tarantism
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tarantismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

舞踏病
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tarantism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tarantism
85 millions of speakers
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tarantism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tarantism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Tarantism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tarantism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tarantismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tarantism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

tarantism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tarantism
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Tarantism
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

tarantism
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Tarantism
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

tarantism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tarantism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TARANTISM»

The term «tarantism» is normally little used and occupies the 137.220 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TARANTISM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tarantism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARANTISM»

Discover the use of tarantism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tarantism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ritual, Rapture and Remorse: A Study of Tarantism and ...
This is one of the first books in English to explore this fascinating ritual practice and its contemporary resurgence.
Jerri Daboo, 2010
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The land of remorse: a study of southern Italian tarantism
Along with appendices featuring essays on tarantism by specialist members of De Martino's research team, this annotated edition includes the fieldwork photographs of those afflicted by tarantism as they perform the ritual exorcism, an ...
Ernesto De Martino, Dorothy Louise Zinn, 2005
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Dances with Spiders: Crisis, Celebrity and Celebration in ...
He himself staunchly discounted tarantism as nothing but popular belief, although other members of his family had previously been bitten by the tarantula (ibid.: 56-57). Apparently, he never did dance.24 Media headlines, however, maximized ...
Karen Lüdtke, 2009
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Medieval Medicine
phenomenon492 of which the principal characteristic is a seemingly exaggerated response to music.493 The etiology and the pathogenesis of the Dancing Plague and Tarantism have been debated and discussed in modern times in a large ...
Plinio Prioreschi, 2003
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Music and Trance: A Theory of the Relations Between Music ...
Both62 also associate tarantism as a religious phenomenon with possession cults as a whole, but they do so with what one might term repugnance, so that they present this aspect of things as entirely secondary. Neither the word " possession" ...
Gilbert Rouget, 1985
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Experiencing Nature: Proceedings of a Conference [held at ...
Tarantism. In. Early. Modern. Europe. Martha Baldwin In the early modern period learned physicians not only engaged in diagnosing and treating the ailments of the suffering but also evinced strong commitment to explaining how the forces of  ...
Allen G. Debus, Paul Harold Theerman, Karen Hunger Parshall, 1997
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Music in Renaissance Magic: Toward a Historiography of Others
Rouget follows de Martino in many aspects of his description of tarantism but adopts a less grand, more conspiratorial view of its relations to the late- Renaissance church. For him tarantism was a self-conscious possession cult that dared not ...
Gary Tomlinson, 1994
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Tarantism
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
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Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress
The tarantism also provided a woman with a way to behave like an hysteric in public, in accordance with a model recognized by all, thereby freeing her from inner misfortune and relief from hard work, childbearing, and an overbearing husband ...
Judith Lynne Hanna, 2006
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Popular Italian Cinema: Culture and Politics in a Postwar ...
on Italian and foreign documentaries and films representing ancient rituals connected with tarantism (La Penna 2005). In order to stimulate a critical debate and fill in the academic void in cinematographic productions on the subject, this study ...
Flavia Brizio-Skov, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARANTISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tarantism is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tito & Tarantula und Andreas Kümmert zu Gast in Würzburg
20 Jahre, unzählige Konzerte und vier Studioalben später, erscheint bei „It Sounds“ der Re-Release des Debut Klassiker Album „Tarantism“ mit etlichen bisher ... «Würzburg erleben, Jul 15»
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GN-Szene: Tito & Tarantula– Lost Tarantism
Das sind doch tolle Stücke auf dem Album Lost Tarantism, die Tito & Tarantula auf dem Dachboden gefunden haben - findet GN-Szene-Autor Philip Aubreville. «Grafschafter Nachrichten, Jun 15»
3
ONHELL -- SUS Island EP [Muti Music]
Following hot on the heels of Tarantism, his exploration of the experimental side of bass music, the SUS Island EP is a return to more recognizable patterns for ... «Your EDM, May 15»
4
Fun, friendship, bond belly dancers at Rapids Mall
The 49-year-old came out of the closet, so to speak, and now leads the Tarantism troupe — a group of women who gather in a corner of the Rapids Mall on ... «Wisconsin Rapids Tribune, May 15»
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Tito & Tarantula beglücken uns mit „Tarantism“ und verloren …
Denn zum einen gibt es das klassische Debütalbum „Tarantism“ in remasterter Form, zum anderen aber auch ein gänzlich neues Album namens „Lost ... «Musicheadquarter.de, Apr 15»
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Tito & Tarantula on Tour 2015
Tito & Tarantula stehen wieder auf der Bühne. In den nächsten Wochen wird die Band auf ihrer “Lost Tarantism Tour” durch Deutschland, Österreich und ... «Terrorverlag Alternative Music Webzine, Apr 15»
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Tito & Tarantula im Rockhouse: Karten gewinnen!
20 Jahre nach dem Erscheinen ihres Debüt-Albums „Tarantism“ veröffentlichen Tito & Tarantula ein Re-Release ihres vielgepriesenen Klassikers – so ist das ... «salzburg24.at, Apr 15»
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12.04.2015, 11:07 Uhr „Tito and Tarantula“ im Rosenhof mit …
... so auch bei dem Song „Jupiter“, der bereits auf dem Debütalbum „Tarantism“ zu hören ist, welches nun in einer remasterten Version neu aufgelegt wurde. «NOZ - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, Apr 15»
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Das Gift des Spinnenbisses
Ungemein homogen mischen Tito Tarantula in ihrem gut anderthalbstündigen Set Songs ihres legendären Debüts Tarantism (1997) und des erst kürzlich ... «Kieler Nachrichten, Apr 15»
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Tito &Tarantula: Zurück im TittyTwister
Jubiläum veröffentlichen sie nicht nur das Erfolgsalbum "Tarantism" neu, sondern mit "Lost Tarantism" dessen quasi verlorenen Bruder gleich mit. Dazu stehen ... «Passauer Neue Presse, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tarantism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tarantism>. Apr 2024 ».
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