Insanity and Obsession

Insanity

Insanity noun - A serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life.

Usage example: his incurable insanity requires that he spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital

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Obsession and insanity are semantically related in mental disorder topic. In some cases you can use "Obsession" instead a noun "Insanity".

Nearby Words: insane, insanely

Obsession noun - Something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned.

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Insanity and obsession are semantically related in mental disorder topic. Sometimes you can use "Insanity" instead a noun "Obsession".

old	old insanity	old obsession
particular	particular insanity	particular obsession
complete	complete insanity	complete obsession
utter	utter insanity	utter obsession
Other adjectives: mild, seeming, sheer, violent, extreme, great, slight, absolute, supposed, personal, general, apparent, murderous, mutual, outright, growing, weird, increasing.

It wasn't until Dave Finlay beat some sense in Sami that he realized obsession and insanity were problems though.

Source: Bored With Insanity
Kouga had plenty of external help on that trip to insanity, but his obsession with his own great power made him a little unbalanced even when he was still one of the good guys.

Source: With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
Though even Kalinin couldn't have predicted the whole new levels of insanity and lustful obsession Gauron had reached thanks to Sousuke.

Source: Captain Obvious / Anime and Manga

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