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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
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Insanity
-He was found not guilty, by reason of insanity.
-It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather.
-(p.6) [...] how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty, insanities, one family, your mother who marked your growing stories, from [...]
What's the difference between insanity and insanities?
-It would be sheer insanity to attempt the trip in such bad weather.
-(p.6) [...] how do you separate what is peculiar to childhood, to poverty, insanities, one family, your mother who marked your growing stories, from [...]
What's the difference between insanity and insanities?
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"Insanity" is a collective term for mental illness. Its plural is usually used in a clinical context when it's important to distinguish different mental illness from one another. The Ngram server shows its popularity peaking around the turn of the last century, when the modern medicine was classifying diseases by their causative agents.
- "Insanity" is a collective term for mental illness.
- Its plural is usually used in a clinical context when it's important to distinguish different mental illness from one another.
- The Ngram server shows its popularity peaking around the turn of the last century, when the modern medicine was classifying diseases by their causative agents.
- 6?
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"Insanity" is a collective term for mental illness. Its plural is usually used in a clinical context when it's important to distinguish different mental illness from one another. The Ngram server shows its popularity peaking around the turn of the last century, when the modern medicine was classifying diseases by their causative agents. From which book do you take your quote on p.6?
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