Delirium
Delirium noun - A state of wildly excited activity or emotion.
Mental illness and delirium are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mental illness" instead a noun "Delirium".
Nearby Words: delirious, deliriously
Mental illness
Mental illness noun - Any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention.
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Synonyms for Mental illness
Delirium and mental illness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Delirium" instead a noun phrase "Mental illness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- derangement and delirium
- derangement and mental illness
- madness and delirium
- madness and mental illness
- frenzy and delirium
- frenzy and mental illness
- raving and delirium
- raving and mental illness
- mania and delirium
- mania and mental illness
- delusion and delirium
- delusion and mental illness
- hallucination and delirium
- hallucination and mental illness
Both terms in one sentence
- In Delirium, love has been declared to be a mental illness called amor deliria nervosa.
Source: Dystopian Edict -
Each of them sees their particular hallucinations and paranoias coming harmlessly true and enabling them to easily navigate Delirium's world, and it's implied that doing so helps them come to terms with their mental illness and function better in society afterwards.
Source: Comic Book / The Sandman
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