insanity
noun/ɪnˈsænəti/
/ɪnˈsænəti/
- [uncountable] (formal, law or old-fashioned, often offensive) the state of being insane synonym madness
- He was found not guilty, by reason of insanity.
- The legal definition of insanity varies from one jurisdiction to another.
Extra Examples- Hamlet feigns insanity to disguise his bloody motive.
- His lawyer got him off on an insanity plea.
- The insanity defence is one of the most controversial in law.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- temporary
- plead
- feign
- stop
- …
- defence/defense
- plea
- by reason of insanity
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- [uncountable] (also insanities [plural])actions that are very stupid and possibly dangerous synonym madness, lunacy
- It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather.
- Congress must put a stop to this insanity.
- But the show does capture the various insanities and absurdities of his life.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin insanitas, from insanus, from in- ‘not’ + sanus ‘healthy’.
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