mental+aberration

  • 41eccentricity — eccentricity, idiosyncrasy are not always clearly distinguished when they denote an act, a practice, or a characteristic that impresses the observer as strange or singular. Eccentricity (compare STRANGE) emphasizes the idea of divergence from the …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 42Known Space — is the fictional setting of several science fiction novels and short stories written by author Larry Niven. It has also in part been used as a shared universe in the Man Kzin Wars spin off anthologies sub series.The epithet Known Space is an in… …

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  • 43Van Lew, Elizabeth L. — ▪ American Civil War agent born Oct. 17, 1818, Richmond, Va., U.S. died Sept. 25, 1900, Richmond       American Civil War agent who, through clever planning and by feigning mental affliction, managed to gather important intelligence for the Union …

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  • 44Novice — • The canonical Latin name of those who, having been regularly admitted into a religious order and ordinarily already confirmed in their higher vocation by a certain period of probation as postulants, are prepared by a series of exercises and… …

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  • 45Archdiocese of Chicago —     Archdiocese of Chicago     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archdiocese of Chicago     (Chicagiensis).     Diocese created 28 November, 1842; raised to the rank of an archdiocese, 10 September, 1880; comprises the State of Illinois, U.S.A., north of …

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  • 46paranoia — I noun delusional insanity, delusions, diseased mind, disordered reason, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, mental aberration, mental disease, phobia, unreasonable fear, unreasonable fright II index insanity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C.… …

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  • 47derangement — n. 1. Disorder, confusion, disarrangement. 2. Disturbance, discomposure. 3. Insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, dehrium, mental aberration, mental alienation, alienation …

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  • 48delirium — /daliriyam/ Disturbed mental state characterized by a combination of motor restlessness displaying excitement, confusion, incoherence, perplexity, and disorientation, in combination with a dream like state and some sensory disturbance, such as… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 49delirium — /daliriyam/ Disturbed mental state characterized by a combination of motor restlessness displaying excitement, confusion, incoherence, perplexity, and disorientation, in combination with a dream like state and some sensory disturbance, such as… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 50idiosyncrasy — [id΄ē ō siŋ′krə sē, id΄ē ōsin′krə sē] n. pl. idiosyncrasies [Gr idiosynkrasia < idio , one s own, peculiar (see IDIO ) + synkrasis, a mixing together, tempering < synkerannynai, to mix together < syn , together + kerannynai, to mix <… …

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