Insanity

What do we mean by insanity?

Severe mental illness or derangement. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis. noun

Unsoundness of mind sufficient to render a person unfit to maintain a contractual or other legal relationship or sufficient to warrant commitment to a mental health facility. noun

Incapacity to form the criminal intent necessary for legal responsibility, as when a mental disorder prevents a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong. noun

Incapacity because of a mental disorder to participate adequately as a defendant in criminal proceedings or to understand the imposition of a criminal punishment, particularly the death penalty. noun

Extreme foolishness or irrationality. noun

Something that is extremely foolish, distinctly irrational, or wildly excited. noun

A seriously impaired condition of the mental functions, involving the intellect, emotions, or will, or one or more of these faculties, exclusive of temporary states produced by and accompanying acute intoxications or acute febrile diseases. noun

In its legal use, insanity consists in the lack of such mental soundness as renders a person criminally responsible, or capable of making a valid contract, conveyance, or will, or of managing his own affairs. There is great difference of opinion as to what extent of disease or imperfect development, and what, if any, aberrations of mind not traceable to disease or imperfection of the brain, should be regarded as constituting this degree of mental unsoundness. The tendency of legal opinion has long been to enlarge the scope of the word, and extend the rules as to insanity to derangements not recognized in earlier times, when insane was used as the equivalent of mad or lunatic, and insanity generally implied furor or mania, or, at least, obvious forms of total defect of responsible understanding. What constitutes legal insanity—that is, exonerative or incapacitating insanity—in doubtful cases is now universally regarded as depending upon the relation between the defect in the particular mind and the nature of the act in question. Thus, insanity, as a defense in criminal law, means, according to the rule in England and in many of the United States, incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, in respect to the act in question, or incapacity to be conscious of acting contrary to law; while by some authorities inability to control the will (irresistible morbid impulse) also is recognized as insanity. Insanity in reference to the law of contracts is generally understood to mean such a defect as incapacitates from a rational assent, considering the nature of the contract, whether marriage, partnership, sale, etc. Insanity (or, as more commonly expressed, unsoundness of mind) in reference to the law of wills is generally understood to mean such a defect as incapacitates from knowing or collecting in mind the facts respecting the property to be disposed of and the persons naturally and justly to be considered in its disposal, or from making an intelligent and rational choice as to its disposal. It has often been defined too narrowly, as consisting only in delusion. It is a disputed question whether the existence of disease or defect in the brain itself is an essential fact. Some of those who hold that one or the other always characterizes insanity are understood to assert that the disease or defect may be inferred from the irrationality of conduct, without other independently adequate evidence. noun

The state of being insane; unsoundness or derangement of mind; madness; lunacy. noun

Such a mental condition, as, either from the existence of delusions, or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong, with regard to any matter under action, does away with individual responsibility. noun

The state of being insane; madness. noun

Relatively permanent disorder of the mind noun

The state of being insane; madness.

Doing something over and over expecting different results -Albert Einstein Urban Dictionary

Trying to solve problems, Expecting different results, Using the exact same methods... Urban Dictionary

Locking yourself in a cage for a long period of time and only you have the key to unlock it Urban Dictionary

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Urban Dictionary

If I have to tell you, you'll never know Urban Dictionary

Doing the same thing over and over and over and over again and expect something different to happen. Urban Dictionary

The true person inside of us. The person we hide because were to embarassed to show it in public. Urban Dictionary

Locking yourself in a cage for a long period of time and only you have the key to unlock it Urban Dictionary

Insanity.... when you start to talk to your dog, yet not even the dog is listening Urban Dictionary

What happens to you when you play Zelda games too much. Urban Dictionary

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Words that rhyme with insanity:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe insanity:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective insanity:
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Consonant match to insanity:
uncinata.

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