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noun
Any disease of the mind; a psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: mental illness, psychopathy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mental illness, psychopathy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition
Narrower terms: megalomania, insanity, psychosis
History
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