insanity 音标拼音: [ɪns'ænəti] [ɪns'ænɪti]
n . 疯狂,愚顽,精神错乱
疯狂,愚顽,精神错乱
insanity n 1 :
relatively permanent disorder of the mind [
ant : {
saneness },
{
sanity }]
Insanity \
In *
san "
i *
ty \,
n . [
L .
insanitas unsoundness ;
cf .
insania insanity ,
F .
insanite .]
1 .
The state of being insane ;
unsoundness or derangement of mind ;
madness ;
lunacy .
[
1913 Webster ]
All power of fancy over reason is a degree of insanity . --
Johnson .
[
1913 Webster ]
Without grace The heart '
s insanity admits no cure . --
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Law )
Such a mental condition ,
as ,
either from the existence of delusions ,
or from incapacity to distinguish between right and wrong ,
with regard to any matter under action ,
does away with individual responsibility .
Syn : {
Insanity }, {
Lunacy }, {
Madness }, {
Derangement },
{
Alienation }, {
Aberration }, {
Mania }, {
Delirium },
{
Frenzy }, {
Monomania }, {
Dementia }.
Usage :
Insanity is the generic term for all such diseases ;
lunacy has now an equal extent of meaning ,
though once used to denote periodical insanity ;
madness has the same extent ,
though originally referring to the rage created by the disease ;
derangement ,
alienation ,
are popular terms for insanity ;
delirium ,
mania ,
and frenzy denote excited states of the disease ;
dementia denotes the loss of mental power by this means ;
monomania is insanity upon a single subject .
[
1913 Webster ]
116 Moby Thesaurus words for "
insanity ":
aberration ,
absurdity ,
alienation ,
amentia ,
arrested development ,
asininity ,
backwardness ,
battiness ,
blithering idiocy ,
brain disease ,
brainlessness ,
buffoonery ,
clownishness ,
crack -
up ,
crackpottedness ,
crankiness ,
craziness ,
cretinism ,
daffiness ,
delirium ,
delusion ,
dementia praecox ,
derangement ,
desipience ,
distraction ,
dotage ,
dottiness ,
eccentricity ,
emotional disorder ,
emotional instability ,
fatuity ,
fatuousness ,
folly ,
foolery ,
foolheadedness ,
foolishness ,
frenzy ,
frivolity ,
frivolousness ,
functional nervous disorder ,
giddiness ,
goofiness ,
half -
wittedness ,
hallucination ,
hysteria ,
idiocy ,
idiotism ,
illusion ,
imbecility ,
impracticality ,
inanity ,
ineptitude ,
infantilism ,
insaneness ,
irrationality ,
irresponsibility ,
lunacy ,
madness ,
maladjustment ,
mania ,
manic -
depressive psychosis ,
melancholia ,
mental defectiveness ,
mental deficiency ,
mental derangement ,
mental disorder ,
mental handicap ,
mental illness ,
mental retardation ,
mindlessness ,
mongolianism ,
mongolism ,
mongoloid idiocy ,
moronism ,
moronity ,
nervous breakdown ,
nervous disorder ,
neurosis ,
niaiserie ,
nonsense ,
nugacity ,
nuttiness ,
paranoia ,
personality disorder ,
preposterousness ,
problems in living ,
profound idiocy ,
psychoneurosis ,
psychopathy ,
psychosis ,
queerness ,
reaction ,
retardation ,
retardment ,
sappiness ,
schizophrenia ,
screwiness ,
senselessness ,
silliness ,
simple -
wittedness ,
simplemindedness ,
simpleness ,
simplicity ,
social maladjustment ,
stupidity ,
subnormality ,
thoughtlessness ,
triflingness ,
triviality ,
unbalance ,
unreasonableness ,
wackiness ,
weirdness ,
witlessness ,
zaniness ,
zanyism INSANITY ,
med .
jur .
A continued impetuosity of thought ,
which ,
for the time being ,
totally unfits a man for judging and acting in relation to the matter in question ,
with the composure requisite for the maintenance of the social relations of life .
Various other definitions of this state have been given ,
but perhaps the subject is not susceptible of any satisfactory definition ,
which shall ,
with ,
precision ,
include all cases of insanity ,
and exclude all others .
Ray ,
Med .
Jur .
Sec .
24 ,
p .
50 .
2 .
It may be considered in a threefold point of view :
1 .
A chronic disease ,
manifested by deviations from the healthy and natural state of the mind ,
such deviations consisting in a morbid perversion of the feelings ,
affections and habits .
2 .
Disturbances of the intellectual faculties ,
under the influence of which the understanding becomes susceptible of hallucinations or erroneous .
impressions of a particular kind .
3 .
A state of mental incoherence or constant hurry and confusion of thought .
Cyclo .
Practical Medicine ,
h .
t .;
Brewster '
s Encyclopaedia ,
h .
t .;
Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind ,
or Insanity ,
71 ,
72 ;
Merl .
R �
pert .
mots Demenoe ,
Folie ,
Imbecilite ;
6 Watts &
Serg .
451 .
3 .
The diseases included under the name of insanity have been arranged under two divisions ,
founded on two very different conditions of the brain .
Ray ,
Med .
Jur .
ch .
1 ,
Sec .
33 .
4 .-
1 .
The want of ,
or a defective development of the faculties .
1st .
Idiocy ,
resulting from ,
1 .
Congenital defect .
2 .
An obstacle to the development of the faculties ,
supervening in infancy .
2d .
Imbecility ,
resulting from ,
1 .
Congenital defects .
2 .
An obstacle to the development of the faculties ,
supervening in infancy .
5 .-
2 .
The lesion of the faculties subsequent to their development .
In this division may be classed ,
1st .
Mania ,
which is ,
1 .
Intellectual ,
and is general or partial .
2 .
Affective and is general or ,
partial .
2d .
Dementia ,
which is ,
1 .
Consecutive to mania ,
or injuries of the brain .
2 .
Senile ,
or peculiar to old age .
6 .-
There is also a disease which has acquired the name of Moral insanity . (
q .
v .)
7 .
Insanity is an excuse for the commission of acts which in others would be crimes ,
because the insane man has no intention ;
it deprives a man also from entering into any valid contract .
Vide Lunacy ;
Non compos mentis ,
and Stock on the Law of Non Compotes Mentis ;
1 Hagg .
Cons .
R .
417 ;
3 Addams ,
R .
90 ,
91 ,
180 ,
181 ;
3 Hagg .
Eccl .
R .
545 ,
598 ,
600 ;
2 Greenl .
Ev .
Sec .
369 ,
374 ;
Bouv .
Inst .
Index ,
h .
t .
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