English term for "Karamazovshchina"

[Inna Caron]

Dear SEELANGers,
 
Can anyone help with this? So far I found "the Karamazov taint," "the
Karamazov trait," even "the Karamazov syndrome." Is there a commonly
used and easily recognized English term for the aforementioned
phenomenon?
 
Many thanks,
 
Inna Caron
 
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