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temporary insanity
noun as in cabin fever
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Russell was diagnosed not long after his meltdown with “reactive psychosis,” which is a form of temporary insanity.
Love is nothing but temporary insanity from which one, unfortunately, can and does recover.
In other words, a crowd is a device for indulging ourselves in a kind of temporary insanity by all going crazy together.
It surely seems as if temporary insanity sometimes takes possession of the fish.
As a bar to punishment for homicide, the plea of temporary insanity had never yet been set up in our courts.
An inquest sat upon the body, and the verdict brought in was Temporary Insanity.
Being an hysterical, excitable girl, she was apparently wound up to the pitch of temporary insanity.
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to temporary insanity, such as: claustrophobia, climbing the walls, distress, neurosis, restlessness, and sad.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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