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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
Gein was found guilty of first-degree murder; in a separate trial to determine his mental competence, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Postpartum mental illnesses can be insidious and take many different forms, but the prosecution’s depiction of Lindsay challenged the stereotypical assumptions about insanity that had seemingly informed the public’s initial sympathy.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety But Art the Clown takes the concept of enjoying homicidal sadism to new levels of sick-puppy insanity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
The Tell-Tale Heart, with a seemingly good man going from one awful deed to flat-out insanity.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Postpartum mental illnesses can be insidious and take many different forms, but the prosecution’s depiction of Lindsay challenged the stereotypical assumptions about insanity that had seemingly informed the public’s initial sympathy.
—Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Popular on Variety But Art the Clown takes the concept of enjoying homicidal sadism to new levels of sick-puppy insanity.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
The Tell-Tale Heart, with a seemingly good man going from one awful deed to flat-out insanity.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insanity
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Her grandmother has dementia and has to take 13 different medications.Madison Lammert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2024
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Her mother, already difficult, is struggling with dementia, hence the road trip, which is meant to resettle her into Robin’s home.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
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On the floor above a woman sweeps the floor, an act of absurdity that doubles as bravery, the whole scene a desperate attempt at normalcy in a world that has become anything but.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Accentuating the absurdity of the gold rush, one of the screenwriters of Mezrich’s project, Lauren Schuker Blum, was competing with her husband, the producer Jason Blum, who was racing to get HBO’s project developed.Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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But Melina always fascinated Lila — the authenticity of madness, untethered from the social mores that dominated their environment, made sense for Lila.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Schedule madness Schools will play 18 conference games.Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024
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This yearslong wave of mass hysteria came to be known as the satanic panic.Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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Prior to its premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Bong Joon-ho predicted audiences wouldn’t understand explicit cultural elements in Parasite, a black comedy leaning heavily into class hysteria.Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 28 Oct. 2024
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But in Judge’s intentionally crass lament (which somehow becomes more prescient and troublesome by the day), our rampant national boorishness and stupidity was sort of the point.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
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The problem lies in the stupidity of the is original spec.Charlie Fink, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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The production’s simplicity ditched the cliches that have accumulated around the play over decades.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Raines believes that simplicity also applies to his politics.Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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New data presented last week at the 2024 Psych Congress suggests continued improvements in symptoms of schizophrenia with long-term treatment.Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The project dives deep into the brilliant mind of Sylvia Frumkin, played by Shira Haas, a woman trapped in the grip of schizophrenia as her family struggles to navigate the mental health system during a New York City blackout.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Insanity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insanity. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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