mental derangement
1mental derangement — index insanity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2dérangement — [ derɑ̃ʒmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1636; de déranger 1 ♦ Mise en désordre. ⇒ bouleversement, fam. chambardement, déplacement, désorganisation, remue ménage. Causer du dérangement dans les papiers, les affaires de qqn. 2 ♦ État de ce qui est dérangé. Désordre… …
3mental deficiency — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, alienation, amentia, arrested development, backwardness, blithering idiocy, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, craziness, cretinism, daftness, dementedness, dementia, derangement,… …
4derangement — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, abnormity, alienation, amorphism, anomalism, anomalousness, anomaly, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, confusion, convulsion, craziness, daftness, dementedness,… …
5mental illness — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, alienation, brain damage, brain disease, brainsickness, clouded mind, crack up, craziness, daftness, dementedness, dementia, derangement, disorientation, distraction, emotional disorder,… …
6derangement — [[t]dɪre͟ɪnʤmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT Derangement is the state of being mentally ill and unable to think or act in a controlled way. [OLD FASHIONED] ...serious evidence of mental derangement …
7derangement — 1737, disturbance of regular order, from Fr. dérangement (17c.), from déranger (see DERANGE (Cf. derange)). Of mental order, from 1800 …
8mental alienation — n mental disorder or derangement: insanity …
9Derangement — De*range ment, n. [Cf. F. d[ e]rangement.] The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn: Disorder; confusion; embarrassment;… …
10mental unsoundness — noun a state of mental disturbance and disorientation • Syn: ↑derangement, ↑unbalance • Derivationally related forms: ↑unbalance (for: ↑unbalance), ↑derange (for: ↑ …
