Insanity Definition

ĭn-sănĭ-tē
insanities
noun
insanities
The state of being insane; mental illness or derangement.
Webster's New World
Any form or degree of mental derangement or unsoundness of mind, permanent or temporary, that makes a person incapable of what is regarded legally as normal, rational conduct or judgment.
Webster's New World
Incapacity to form the criminal intent necessary for legal responsibility, as when a mental disorder prevents a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong.
American Heritage
Great folly; extreme senselessness.
Webster's New World
Incapacity because of a mental disorder to participate adequately as a defendant in criminal proceedings or to understand the imposition of a criminal punishment, particularly the death penalty.
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insanity
Plural:
insanities

Insanity Sentence Examples

  • The insanity of what she did was beyond his comprehension.

  • There are six more months of insanity to record in 1787.

  • A year later, the kings insanity being proved incurable, the regency was definitively established (February 1812).

  • This woman could bring me to the brink of insanity.

  • Pierre's insanity consisted in not waiting, as he used to do, to discover personal attributes which he termed "good qualities" in people before loving them; his heart was now overflowing with love, and by loving people without cause he discovered indubitable causes for loving them.

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