what's the definition of insanity?
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Definition Of Insanity Insanity legal definition of the word is “the term given to the mental illness and incapacity to a person to a degree that that the law will recognise the person to be insane,” according to the Law Dictionary.org.There is a distinct difference between the legal meaning of insanity and the medical meaning of insanity.
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âThe definition of insanityâ is the most overused clichÃ© of all time I use them deliberately. Einstein said, ‘The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.’ Have another look at Devine’s and Broder’s pieces, and tell me these men are other than by definition insane.” –“The Definition of Insanity,” the Huffington Post, Nov. 1, 2010.
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The Definition of Insanity is... Insanity is a concept discussed in court to help distinguish guilt from innocence. It's informed by mental health professionals, but the term today is primarily legal, not psychological. There's no insane diagnosis listed in the DSM. There's no (link is external) nervous breakdown either, but that's another blog.
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Porte Cocheres It is in that case within the “safe zone”, called the public way. One other thing must also be considered. If the construction type of the porte-cochere is less than that of the building, then it must also be at least 10 feet from any windows in the building.
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insanity the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration. Law. such unsoundness of mind as frees one from legal responsibility, as for committing a crime, or as signals one's lack of legal capacity, as for entering into a contractual agreement.
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- 40 What this discussion indicates, then, is that the insanity defense is not de­signed, as is the defense of self-defense, to define an exception to criminalliability, but rather to define for sanction an exception from among those whowould be free of liability.
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idiocy — cretinoid, cretinous, adj. idiotism. 1. the condition of an idiot, especially an extreme degree of mental deficiency, usually a mental age of less than three or four years; idiocy. 2. idiotic conduct or action, especially in a normal person. — idiotie, adj.
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Insanity defense In reality, if the defendant is deemed incompetent, there is no trial, and no conviction or acquittal. The insanity defense has nothing to do with a defendant's current mental status; to be found not guilty by reason of insanity, a judge or jury must evaluate the defendant's state of mind at the time of the offense.
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dementia a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life doctors were able to treat the patient's dementia with drugs and thus allow him to function on his own Synonyms aberration, insanity, derangement, lunacy, madness, mania, rage [archaic]Related Words neurosis, psychosis; instability, irrationality, unreasonableness; ...
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Insanity Insanity is generally no defense in a civil lawsuit. However, in civil cases, the insanity of the plaintiff can toll the statute of limitations for filing a suit until the plaintiff has recovered from this condition, or until a statute of repose has run.
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"Did Einstein really define insanity as ""doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results""?" Albert Einstein is broadly credited with exclaiming “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. It truly doesn't make a difference that there's truly no proof that Einstein really put forth this expression; it's still an awesome quote!
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Toilet swirls, but won't flush!! I had to post this, because I am so tired of people saying the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. People say and hear this quote so much that they actually BELIEVE that this is the actual definition of insanity.
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insanity A legal rather than a medical term, implying a disorder of the mind of such degree as to interfere with a person's ability to be legally responsible for his or her actions. The term is little used in medicine but might equate to PSYCHOSIS. A defence of insanity, in law, is governed by the McNaughten Rules.
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insanity insanity. n, pl-ties. 1. (Psychology) relatively permanent disorder of the mind; state or condition of being insane. 2. (Law) law a defect of reason as a result of mental illness, such that a defendant does not know what he or she is doing or that it is wrong.3. utter folly; stupidity.oanthropy. a form of insanity or mental disorder in which the sufferer imagines that he is an animal. — zoanthropic, adj. zoopsia. a form of hallucination in which the sufferer imagines he sees animals.
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mental illness mental condition, mental state, psychological condition, psychological state - (psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic; a manic state. megalomania - a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur.
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- Noun. 1. stupidity-a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience. inability-lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something. denseness, dumbness, slow-wittedness-the quality of being mentally slow and limited.
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Insanity Definition: A defendant is insane within the meaning of the law if, at the time of the alleged criminal conduct, as a result of mental disease or defect, he lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law or to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct..
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PASSION Noun. 1. mania-an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action. cacoethes, passion. irrational motive-a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic.
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insanity Examples of insanity in a Sentence. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity. His friends thought his decision to quit his job was pure insanity. Please, no more violence. It's time to stop this insanity.
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Albert Einstein Insanity is making the samemistakes(not doing same thing)over and over and expecting different results..We can quickly refer back to being in the grip and REMEMBER WE used even when we knew what the results would be..The obvious insanity of our disease is the obsession to take that first drink and the compulsion to continue on no matter what the cost(jails,institutions,deriliction or death).
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- Sanity is not a word I use in my recoveries or sobrieties. I know insane. I know the tongue in cheek definition of insanity - continuing to do the same thing over and over again expecting different results. I have never really been a sane person. I neither know what sanity is or really want to fit myself into the unknown definition of it. At most, for me Sanity is the opposite of insanity...finding and doing something that gets a different result. Instead of using 'sanity' as my measure, I choose to healthier. I am not sane. I am not normal.
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insanity Examples of insanity in a sentence. 1  She was found not guilty by reason of insanity. 2  His friends thought his decision to quit his job was pure insanity. 3  Please, no more violence. It's time to stop this insanity.  the insanities of modern life.
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hysteria 1. (Psychiatry) a mental disorder characterized by emotional outbursts, susceptibility to autosuggestion, and, often, symptoms such as paralysis that mimic the effects of physical disorders.
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Five Potential Welding Safety Hazards to Avoid And remember, stick electrodes are always electrically hot, even when welding is not being done and the voltage is the highest. An even more serious shock, primary voltage shock, may occur when a welder touches electrically “hot” parts inside the welder case or the electric distribution system to which the welder is connected.
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mania mania. 1. a type of manie-depressive psychosis, exemplified by rapidly chang-ing ideas, extremes of emotion, and physical overactivity. 2. any violent or abnormal behavior.ania. n. 1. (Psychiatry) a mental disorder characterized by great excitement and occasionally violent behaviour. See also manic-depressive. 2. an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality: a mania for mushrooms.
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Insanity 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.