madness
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈmædnəs/
- Archaic
:
enajenación mental
- Without sanctioned community support, the experiences may feel like madness and, indeed, are often diagnosed medically as such.
- lead to madness
- succumb to madness
- feign madness
There's a fine line between brilliance and madness, and we've definitely found it.
- There's a fine line between brilliance and madness, and we've definitely found it.
- This is madness, as Hegel says, von Zin insanity.
- Did you know, even the word hysteria, which means madness comes from Greek and literally means uterus.
- And so Aristotle says, you know, madness, irascibility, other things like that are cases in point.
- Nothing in him was whole, not even his madness.
- He's drinking paint with lead in it, which may, you know, explain his descent into madness, all the lead.
- People go nuts, They go literally crazy, and we notice all kinds of symptoms of this madness.
- So what do you think is the role of the old madness and genius?
Examples
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The courtroom declared him to be in a state of madness, thus affecting the verdict of his trial.
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There's a fine line between brilliance and madness, and we've definitely found it.
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"Among the Americans in particular," one is sure that madness is more common there than anywhere else.
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But more importantly, we have to get you out of here, into the city, where maybe we could find a cure for this madness.
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And we need to disconnect madness from mental health.
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Here are tales of every kind: tales of murder, madness, and dark deeds strange and terrible beyond all belief.
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In later life, George the Third, after losing his American colonies, had two bouts of madness and went blind.
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Historically, the concept of madness was used to define individuals deemed incapable of managing their own affairs.
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In some legal systems, madness can serve as a defense, highlighting a defendant's inability to understand right from wrong.
Synonyms
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6.5
A serious mental illness that makes a person unable to think or behave normally
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3.1
A health problem that affects how a person thinks, feels, or behaves and may need medical help
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4.2
Very wild or foolish behavior, sometimes caused by problems in the mind
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3.3
A condition that causes problems with thinking, feeling, or behaving
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4.1
A serious problem that affects a person's mind and feelings and may need medical help
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7.7
A very serious mental illness that makes a person lose touch with reality
A condition that makes a person very ill in the mind
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Etymology
Madness comes from the old English word mad, which meant 'insane' or 'out of one's mind'. So in older legal books madness was used to name the formal state of mental illness that could change a person's legal responsibility.