mental disease 1
noundomain: state
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention
Hypernym
(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic
EnglishHyponym
megalomania 1
noun
a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur
insanity 1
noun
relatively permanent disorder of the mind
psychosis 1
noun
any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted
paralogy 1
noun
a method or process of reasoning which contradicts logical rules or formulas, especially the use of a faulty syllogism (the formal fallacy).
