insanity

  • 41insanity — noun The state of being insane; madness. Trying to solve problems, expecting different results, using the exact same methods. Ant: sanity See Also: insane …

    Wiktionary

  • 42insanity — 1. An outmoded term referring to severe mental illness or psychosis. 2. In law, that degree of mental illness which negates the individual s legal responsibility or capacity. [L. in neg. + sanus, sound] criminal i. in forensic …

    Medical dictionary

  • 43insanity — Synonyms and related words: aberration, absurdity, alienation, amentia, arrested development, asininity, backwardness, battiness, blithering idiocy, brain disease, brainlessness, buffoonery, clownishness, crack up, crackpottedness, crankiness,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 44INSANITY —    See INSPIRATION …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 45insanity — in·san·i·ty || ɪn sænÉ™tɪ n. madness, craziness, lunacy, mental derangement; extreme foolishness, foolhardiness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 46insanity — n. Derangement, lunacy, craziness, dementia, mania, madness, delirium, aberration of mind, alienation of mind, loss of reason …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 47insanity — n 1. lunacy, derangement, madness, Psychiatry. dementia, dementedness, insaneness; distraction, disorientation, unbalance, unsoundness; mental illness, loss of reason, unsound mind, diseased mind; craziness, Sl. kookiness, Inf. nuttiness,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 48insanity — in·san·i·ty …

    English syllables

  • 49insanity — n. a degree of mental illness such that the affected individual is not responsible for his actions or is not capable of entering into a legal contract. The term is a legal rather than a medical one …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 50insanity — [ɪnˈsænəti] noun [U] 1) very severe mental illness 2) informal very stupid or crazy behaviour …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English