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insanity
[in-san-i-tee]
noun
plural
insanities(not in technical use as a medical diagnosis) the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind.
Synonyms: , , , ,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.
Psychiatry.(formerly) psychosis.
extreme foolishness.
Trying to drive through that traffic would be pure insanity.
a foolish or senseless action, policy, statement, etc..
We've heard decades of insanities in our political discourse.
insanity
/ ɪˈæɪɪ /
noun
relatively permanent disorder of the mind; state or condition of being insane
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
utter folly; stupidity
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"Look around you at these monstrosities of insanity, insolence, incompetence and degeneration," he declared in his opening address.
“We will not comply with insanity. We will not be bullied into silence. We will not betray our girls to please radicals.”
The Congress as it is currently composed, with Republican majorities in both chambers, is a dead letter when it comes to restraining the outright undemocratic insanity of this president.
I think the Dodgers meeting the president only helped to normalize the insanity.
He lets the viewer take in the strange horror onscreen and the full insanity of it, at the same pace anyone would.
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