Sentence examples for cacoethes from inspiring English sources

In 1841 the Scottish writer Charles Mackay published Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, a compendium of the cacoethes to which societies succumb, including the Dutch tulip mania of the 1630s, the South Sea bubble, the crusades and long hair.

And we Americans certainly haven't done much to create cacoethes ourselves.

There have been some epic duels up this short straight in the race's proud tradition - Grundy and Bustino; The Minstrel and Orange Bay; Nashwan and Cacoethes; Galileo and Fantastic Light - and this was right up there with them.