extreme anger, excitement, or foolishness.
the state of being mad; insanity.
The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease. rash folly.
(1) A poetic (i.e., nonmedical) term for severe mental illness. (2) An antiquated, non-specific term for any mental illness, including psychoses or neuroses, of any degree and state of decompensation. Vox populi. Wild and crazy or disinhibited activity.
lycanthropy \lye-KAN-thruh-pee\ noun. 1 : a delusion that one has become a wolf. 2 : the assumption of the form and characteristics of a wolf held to be possible by witchcraft or magic.
The Literature of MadnessA specialized study of a peculiar kind of literary experiment--the attempt to create, in verse or prose, the sustained illusion of insane utterance.
Brain damage as a result of a serious injury (traumatic brain injury), such as a violent blow to the head. Traumatic experiences, such as military combat or assault. Use of alcohol or recreational drugs. A childhood history of abuse or neglect.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. These words are usually credited to the acclaimed genius Albert Einstein.
Insanity, madness, and craziness are terms that describe a spectrum of individual and group behaviors that are characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can be manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person or persons becoming a danger to themselves or to other people.
The definition of insanity is having a serious mental illness or being extremely foolish. An example of insanity is a personality disorder. An example of insanity is jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. Severe mental illness or derangement.
Something that is repetitive involves doing the same thing over and over again.
Albert Einstein is widely credited with saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.â€
Madness is the mental disorder where a person is unable to understand the present circumstances.
Hamlet is most likely never “mad†in the way he pretends to be, but he uses the pretense of madness to speak–sometimes in coded, riddling, circumspect ways, other times quite plainly but without the context that would explain it–of the very real burdens he's labouring under; and the truth is that he does deteriorate
(nəʊ seɪl) business. a situation in which a seller and a potential buyer are unable to agree terms to sell something so that a sale does not take place.
Absence or deficiency of light: dark, darkness, duskiness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity.
