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31Insanity Wave — Infobox musical artist Name = Insanity Wave |500px Img capt = Background = group or band Origin = Madrid, Spain Genre = Rock Indie rock Power pop Years active = 1991 ndash;present Label = La Fábrica Magnética Roto Records spinART Records Elmer… …
32insanity — in|san|i|ty [ ın sænəti ] noun uncount 1. ) very severe mental illness that makes it impossible for someone to be considered legally responsible for their actions: The judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity. 2. ) INFORMAL very stupid or …
33insanity — UK [ɪnˈsænətɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) old fashioned very severe mental illness that makes it impossible for someone to be considered legally responsible for their actions The judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity. 2) informal very… …
34insanity — in|san|i|ty [ınˈsænıti] n [U] 1.) the state of being seriously mentally ill, so that you cannot live normally in society = ↑madness ▪ The court acquitted Campbell on the grounds of temporary insanity. 2.) very stupid actions that may cause you… …
35insanity — noun (U) 1 very stupid actions that may cause you serious harm: It was sheer insanity to drive across the mountains in the dark. 2 especially law the state of being seriously mentally ill, so that you cannot live normally in society: The court… …
36insanity — noun 1) insanity runs in her family Syn: mental illness, madness, dementia; lunacy, instability; mania, psychosis; informal craziness 2) it would be insanity to take this loan Syn: folly, foolishness, madness …
37insanity defense — a legal concept that a person cannot be convicted of a crime if they lacked criminal responsibility by reason of insanity at the time of commission. See M Naghten rule and Durham rule, under rule, and American Law Institute Formulation, under… …
38insanity — insane ► ADJECTIVE 1) in or relating to an unsound state of mind; seriously mentally ill. 2) extremely foolish; irrational. DERIVATIVES insanely adverb insanity noun. ORIGIN Latin insanus, from in not + sanus healthy …
39insanity plea — noun (criminal law) a plea in which the defendant claims innocence due to mental incompetence at the time • Syn: ↑plea of insanity • Topics: ↑criminal law • Hypernyms: ↑plea …
40Moral insanity — (insanity without hallucinations or delusions). See Prichard, James Cowles (1835). Distinction between momentary symptom picture and underlying disease process in psychiatry (1844). To some extent, physicians have always been aware that the …
