Herostratic

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English

Adjective

Herostratic (comparative more Herostratic, superlative most Herostratic)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of herostratic
    • 2003, Bettina L. Knapp, French Fairy Tales: A Jungian Approach, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 103:
      Would his unconscious feelings of inadequacy be overcome by his Herostratic act (considered as expiation through punishment)?
    • 2007, R. Hrair Dekmejian, Spectrum of Terror, CQ Press, →ISBN:
      Recent U.S. examples of Herostratic terrorists are Arthur Bremer, Samuel Bych, and John Hinckley Jr. Bremer shot Governor George Wallace in May 1972, leaving Wallace paralyzed for life.
    • 2015, Trevor Calafato, Paul Caruana, “Terrorism in Transition: The Implications of Cyber-Terrorism”, in Savvas Katsikides, Pavlos I. Koktsidis, editors, Societies in Transition: Economic, Political and Security Transformations in Contemporary Europe, Springer, →ISBN, part II (Politics and Security), page 208:
      The Herostratic criminal manifested self-destructive desires aiming to achieve goals with any means while simultaneously generating ‘self-glorification’ and feelings of insecurity among the public (Borowitz 2005).