alienation of mind
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alienation of mind — Insanity, aberration, derangement, hallucination, delusion, lunacy, madness, frenzy, craziness, delirium, mania, imbecility … New dictionary of synonyms
Alienation — Al ien*a tion, n. [F. ali[ e]nation, L. alienatio, fr. alienare, fr. alienare. See {Alienate}.] 1. The act of alienating, or the state of being alienated. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alienation — may refer to:*Alienation (property law), the legal transfer of title of ownership to another party * Alienation , the medical term for splitting apart of the faculties of the mind *Social alienation, the individual subject s estrangement from its … Wikipedia
alienation — [āl΄yən ā′shən, āl΄ē ənā′shən] n. [ME & OFr < L alienatio, separation, aversion, aberration (of the mind): see ALIENATE] 1. an alienating or being alienated; specif., estrangement or detachment 2. mental derangement; insanity … English World dictionary
alienation — In the most general terms, this concept describes the estrangement of individuals from one another, or from a specific situation or process. It is central to the writings of Karl Marx and normally associated with Marxist sociology. There are… … Dictionary of sociology
alienation — Synonyms and related words: abalienation, aberration, abnormality, abstraction, abulia, agreement to disagree, aloneness, aloofness, amortization, amortizement, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, apostasy, assignation, assignment … Moby Thesaurus
Social alienation — In sociology and critical social theory, alienation refers to an individual s estrangement from traditional community and others in general. It is considered by many that the atomism of modern society means that individuals have shallower… … Wikipedia
Mental alienation — Mental Men tal, a. [F., fr. L. mentalis, fr. mens, mentis, the mind; akin to E. mind. See {Mind}.] Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise. [1913 Webster] What a mental power… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sick mind — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, alienation, brain damage, brainsickness, clouded mind, craziness, daftness, dementedness, dementia, derangement, disorientation, distraction, folie, furor, insaneness, insanity, irrationality,… … Moby Thesaurus
insanity — in·san·i·ty n 1: unsoundness of mind or lack of the ability to understand that prevents one from having the mental capacity required by law to enter into a particular relationship, status, or transaction or that releases one from criminal or… … Law dictionary
