lunatic definition
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- Usually used humorously or informally. Adj: Behavior that is manifestly irrational and disturbing to others. The action of the United States Congress in voting to pass a bill that would strike this word Lunatic from the U.S. Code.
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- (ĭm′bə-sĭl, -səl) n. 1. A person who is considered foolish or stupid. 2. A person with moderate to severe intellectual disability having a mental age of from three to seven years and generally being capable of some degree of communication and performance of simple tasks under supervision.
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paranoia Paranoia definition, Psychiatry. a mental disorder characterized by systematized delusions and the projection of personal conflicts, which are ascribed to the supposed hostility of others, sometimes progressing to disturbances of consciousness and aggressive acts believed to be performed in self-defense or as a mission.
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Definitions &Translations Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes and by a deficit of typical emotional responses.
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- Definition of 'feral'. Word Frequency. feral (ferəl , fɪər- ) 1. adjective. Feral animals are wild animals that are not owned or controlled by anyone, especially ones that belong to species which are normally owned and kept by people. [formal] ...feral cats. 2. adjective.
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- Top Definition. lunatic fringe. the radical and irresponsible people in social organization or political party. Don't let the lunatic fringe of our group get past the security of the campus. #fringe kook #fundie #lunatic #lunatic-fringe #lunaticfringe.
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Definition Of Insanity Insanity legal definition of the word is “the term given to the mental illness and incapacity to a person to a degree that that the law will recognise the person to be insane,” according to the Law Dictionary.org.There is a distinct difference between the legal meaning of insanity and the medical meaning of insanity.
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insanity insanity. n, pl-ties. 1. (Psychology) relatively permanent disorder of the mind; state or condition of being insane. 2. (Law) law a defect of reason as a result of mental illness, such that a defendant does not know what he or she is doing or that it is wrong.3. utter folly; stupidity.oanthropy. a form of insanity or mental disorder in which the sufferer imagines that he is an animal. — zoanthropic, adj. zoopsia. a form of hallucination in which the sufferer imagines he sees animals.
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lunacy lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies) ( 1 of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases. insanity implying legal irresponsibility. 2  Something deeply misguided.
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Definitions &Translations Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: feral (Noun). A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans. feral (Noun). A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly. feral (Noun). A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle. feral (Adjective). Wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild.
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mad Lacking restraint or reason; foolish: I was mad to have hired her in the first place. b. Feeling or showing strong liking or enthusiasm: mad about sports. c. Marked by a lack of restraint, especially by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation: a mad scramble for the bus. 4. Exhibiting uncharacteristic aggressiveness, especially as a result of rabies, spongiform encephalopathy, or another neurological disease. Used of animals: a mad dog; a mad cow.
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mentally (mĕn′tl) adj. 1. Of or relating to the mind: mental powers; mental health. 2. Executed or performed by the mind; existing in the mind: mental calculation; a mental image. 3. a. Slang Emotionally upset; crazed: got mental when he saw the dent in his new car.
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The Definition of Insanity is... Insanity is a concept discussed in court to help distinguish guilt from innocence. It's informed by mental health professionals, but the term today is primarily legal, not psychological. There's no insane diagnosis listed in the DSM. There's no (link is external) nervous breakdown either, but that's another blog.
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mad Word Origin & History. mad O.E. gemædde (pl.) out of one's mind (usually implying also violent excitement), also foolish, earlier gemæded rendered insane, pp. of a lost verb *gemædan to make insane or foolish (related to gemad mad), from P.Gmc. *ga-maid-jan, demonstrative form of *ga-maid-az changed (for the worse), abnormal (cf.
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bedlam 1. a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion. 2. Archaic. an insane asylum or madhouse. [after Bedlam, a familiar name for the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem in London, a lunatic asylum from c1400]. - The word bedlam is a contraction of Bethlehem, a hospital in London that became a lunatic asylum.
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- lunatic fringe definition. Derogatory name for the extreme radical members of a group, especially in politics: “The candidate referred to the organization as being on the lunatic fringe of conservatism.” The term was coined by Theodore Roosevelt. lunatic fringe.
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idiot Definition of idiot. 1  1 dated, now offensive : a person affected with extreme mental retardation. 2  2 : a foolish or stupid person.
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insanity mental illness. Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely: brainsickness, craziness, dementia, derangement, disturbance, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, madness, psychopathy, unbalance. Psychiatry: mania. Psychology: aberration, alienation.
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âThe definition of insanityâ is the most overused clichÃ© of all time After all, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.” –“Fiscal-Cliff Deal Done Now,” the Daily Beast, Dec. 19, 2012 “They say doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is a definition of crazy.
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Definitions &Translations Lunatic. Lunatic is an informal term referring to people who are considered mentally ill, dangerous, foolish or unpredictable; conditions once called lunacy. The term may be considered insulting in serious contexts, though is sometimes used in friendly jest.unatic (adj). of or pertaining to, or suitable for, an insane person; evincing lunacy; as, lunatic gibberish; a lunatic asylum. Lunatic (noun). a person affected by lunacy; an insane person, esp. one who has lucid intervals; a madman; a person of unsound mind. Origin: [F. lunatique, L. lunaticus, fr. luna the moon.
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Definition of 'sanity' Definition of 'sanity'. sanity (sænɪti ) A person's sanity is their ability to think and behave normally and reasonably. He and his wife finally had to move from their apartment just to preserve their sanity. If there is sanity in a situation or activity, there is a purpose and a regular pattern, rather than confusion and worry.
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- Insanity, craziness or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns.
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MENTAL HEALTH saneness, sanity - normal or sound powers of mind. mental disease, mental illness, psychopathy - any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.
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mania mania. 1  wild or violent mental disorder; specif., the manic phase of bipolar affective disorder, characterized generally by abnormal excitability, exaggerated feelings of well-being, flight of ideas, excessive activity, etc.
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Doxycycline and Acne Other Important Information on Acne and Doxycycline. Like most antibiotics for acne, doxycycline does not clear up all acne. In controlled studies, most report roughly 60% to 80% reduction of their acne, and that includes doxycycline taken with benzoyl peroxide. Doxycycline cannot cure acne scars, which may appear like acne.
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paranoia Definition of paranoia for English Language Learners. 1  medical : a serious mental illness that causes you to falsely believe that other people are trying to harm you. : 2  an unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you, do not like you, etc.