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71insanity — /in san i tee/, n., pl. insanities. 1. the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. 2. Law. such unsoundness of mind as affects legal responsibility or capacity. 3. Psychiatry. (formerly) psychosis. 4. extreme folly; senselessness;… …
72literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
73mad — /mad/, adj., madder, maddest, n., v., madded, madding. adj. 1. mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented. 2. enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry. 3. (of animals) a. abnormally furious; ferocious: a mad bull. b. affected with… …
74meshugaas — /mish euh gahs /, n. Slang. foolishness; insanity; senselessness. Also, mishegaas. [1905 10; < Yiddish meshugas < Heb mashugga ] * * * …
75senseless — senselessly, adv. senselessness, n. /sens lis/, adj. 1. destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious. 2. lacking mental perception, appreciation, or comprehension. 3. stupid or foolish, as persons or actions. 4. nonsensical or meaningless, as… …
76black humour — Humour marked by the use of morbid, ironic, or grotesquely comic episodes that ridicule human folly. The term came into common use in the 1960s to describe the work of novelists such as Joseph Heller, whose Catch 22 (1961) is an outstanding… …
77Mental Pathology — Mental Pathology † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mental Pathology This subject will be considered under the following headings: I. Localization of Mental Faculties II. Causes of Mental Disturbances III. Varieties of Insanity… …
78Xu Xing — b. 1956, Beijing Writer Xu Xing lives in Beijing, having spent several years in Germany in the 1990s. Left by himself as a child, and with no schooling during the Cultural Revolution (his parents had been sent far away for re education), his mind …
79nonsensicality — noun a) The state or condition of being nonsensical. b) A nonsensical belief, remark, etc. Syn: absurdity, nonsensicalness, senselessness …
80senseless — adjective a) Bereft of feeling or consciousness; deprived of sensation; unconscious; insensible. The blow to his head rendered him senseless, he didnt awaken until he was in the ambulance. b) Lacking meaning or …
