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as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
his incurable insanity requires that he spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital
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as in absurdity
a foolish act or idea
everyone laughed at the latest insanity from the town eccentric
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
had the insanity to think that taking over a government building in protest of our foreign policy was a good idea
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Recent Examples of insanity
The Massachusetts mom accused of killing her three young children before slitting her wrists and jumping out of a second-story window in an attempt to take her own life is planning to seek an insanity defense, court records show.
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Kc Baker, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse who allegedly strangled and killed her three young children last year before attempting to take her own life, is seeking to pursue a defense of insanity, according to court documents.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
The plotting and premeditation undercut the potential insanity argument, however.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The subsequent trial captivated the nation, and Thaw was eventually found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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Kc Baker, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
The Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse who allegedly strangled and killed her three young children last year before attempting to take her own life, is seeking to pursue a defense of insanity, according to court documents.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 Dec. 2024
The plotting and premeditation undercut the potential insanity argument, however.
—Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The subsequent trial captivated the nation, and Thaw was eventually found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insanity
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Shannon Amos was not able to provide documentation of a diagnosis of dementia.Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Heming Willis, who has become a vocal advocate for the caregiver community since Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, also posted a tribute to Moore on her Instagram stories.Luke Chinman, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Corbet’s awkward forcing of his characters into his conceptual framework leads to absurdities and vulgarities—not least in the depiction of László’s first and only Black acquaintance, a laborer named Gordon (Isaach De Bankolé), as a heroin addict.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
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Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users The Game Awards 2024 Live Winners List, And Game Of The Year Such then is the delicate balance of accessibility and exclusivity, creativity and commerciality, genius and absurdity.Lilian Raji, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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He is asked by RAF Group Captain Lionel Mandrake — a voice of reason in the madness — to recall the B-52 bombers that will end civilization.Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere, players might enjoy body-replicating madness, brutal climbing simulators, and freewheeling adventure through a magical realist take on the Deep South.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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This lack of preparedness mirrors the COVID-19 hysteria and reactionary approach whereby lockdowns and mask mandates were instituted only after thousands of Americans had already been infected and hospitalized.Omer Awan, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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At first, anti-Napster sentiment echoed the hysteria of the nineteen-seventies and eighties around the prospect of home taping killing the record industry.Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Watch stupidity and laziness (my much better working title for The End of Work was The End of Laziness) rapidly disappear as technological advance erases so much of what people used to do for a living in favor of living for work.John Tamny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Their books’ fantasies of martyrdom and religious metaphysics are a feint so as not to recognize the need for socialism at home and abroad, and to obscure American stupidity.Mark Greif, Harper's Magazine, 26 July 2024
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The list includes books that emphasize simplicity, adaptability, and skill-building (and have a similar vibe to Nosrat’s book).Wilder Davies, Bon Appétit, 17 Jan. 2025
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The simplicity of the dish hits the target on the bullseye.Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025
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At the time, Joel’s mother was hospitalized with schizophrenia.Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Gradually, the whole field of schizophrenia began to shift.Ellen Barry, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Insanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insanity. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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