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insanity

In medicine and law, any mental disorder in which the patient cannot be held responsible for their actions. The term is no longer used to refer to psychosis.
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To-day she was examined by the regular insanity experts.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
The consequence of this is that the treatment of many forms of insanity has grown more psychological and less physiological than it used to be.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
The result, except in the case of insanity, must for the most part be arbitrary; and insanity, without any formal or express provision, may be safely pronounced to be a virtual disqualification.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
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