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INSANENESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does insaneness mean?
• INSANENESS (noun)
The noun INSANENESS has 1 sense:
1. obsolete terms for legal insanity
Familiarity information: INSANENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Obsolete terms for legal insanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("insaneness" is a kind of...):
insanity (relatively permanent disorder of the mind)
Derivation:
insane (afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement)
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