Insane
Insane adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Psychiatric and insane are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Psychiatric" instead an adjective "Insane".
Psychiatric
Psychiatric adjective - Relating to or used in or engaged in the practice of psychiatry.
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Synonyms for Psychiatric
Insane and psychiatric are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Insane" instead an adjective "Psychiatric".
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Related pairs
- disturbed and insane
- disturbed and psychiatric
- mental and insane
- mental and psychiatric
- deranged and insane
- deranged and psychiatric
- demented and insane
- demented and psychiatric
- unbalanced and insane
- unbalanced and psychiatric
- lunatic and insane
- lunatic and psychiatric
- mindless and insane
- mindless and psychiatric
Both words in one sentence
- Furthermore, it requires expert testimony from a reputable psychiatric authority that the defendant was insane at the time they committed the crime, not just insane in general.
Source: Insanity Defense -
An apparent invocation of this trope saw a British psychiatric charity condemn Man Hunt 2, despite the lead character- and most of the enemy characters- not actually being insane at all.
Source: Insane Equals Violent -
He might be stuck in an insane asylum, but that doesn't stop him from writing for psychiatric journals.
Source: Film / Manhunter
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