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insanity

Translations

insanitynoun
insanities
pl
folieSens général ; courant pour exprimer la démence ou l’irrationalité.
The court ruled that the defendant was not guilty by reason of insanity.
Le tribunal a jugé que le défendeur n’était pas coupable pour cause de folie.
Additional translations
aliénation mentaleEmploi juridique ou formel.
démencePlus soutenu ou médical ; s’emploie surtout pour un trouble mental grave.
Synonyms
lunacy
craziness
delirium
folly
unreasonableness
mental illness
derangement
madness
Antonyms
sanity
insanityadjective
Used attributively before another noun, e.g. "insanity defense".
d’aliénation mentaleEmploi attributif, surtout en contexte juridique.
The insanity plea was rejected by the jury.
Le plaidoyer d’aliénation mentale a été rejeté par le jury.

Definitions

insanitynoun
The state of being seriously mentally ill; madness.
The court ruled that the defendant was not guilty by reason of insanity.
Extreme foolishness or irrationality.
The decision to invest all his savings in a single stock was sheer insanity.
Unsoundness of mind that renders a person incapable of legal responsibility for their actions; the legal defense based on such a condition.
The defendant pleaded insanity to avoid a prison sentence.
insanityadjective
Relating to or designating insanity; used attributively before another noun.
The insanity plea was rejected by the jury.
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