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单词 insanity
释义
in·san·i·ty (ĭn-sănĭ-tē)
n. pl. in·san·i·ties
1. Severe mental illness or derangement. Not used in psychiatric diagnosis.
2. Law
a. Unsoundness of mind sufficient to render a person unfit to maintain a contractual or other legal relationship or sufficient to warrant commitment to a mental health facility.
b. Incapacity to form the criminal intent necessary for legal responsibility, as when a mental disorder prevents a person from knowing the difference between right and wrong.
c. Incapacity because of a mental disorder to participate adequately as a defendant in criminal proceedings or to understand the imposition of a criminal punishment, particularly the death penalty.
3.
a. Extreme foolishness or irrationality: "The insanity of sending troops into Russia when European peace looked imminent horrified him" (Mary V. Dearborn).
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