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Mowgli syndrome
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English
Etymology
After Mowgli, the fictional protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894), who was raised by wolves.
Noun
- Mowgli syndrome
The condition of a feral child.
en 2008 Zygon 43 835 Alas, in reality children who have no experience of human care, loving relationships, and language display none of these. Instead, they display symptoms of what is called the Mowgli syndrome, symptoms including fear of humans,
en 2017 Rick Renner Sparkling Gems from the Greek Vol. 2 So when little Sasha came into the care of our outreach, he came with that “Mowgli syndrome” designation because he had been raised by dogs and had no memory of ever living with a human being.
en eponyms terms derived from fiction
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