Madness
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| + | "[[There is no great genius without some touch of madness]]" --Seneca, ''De Tranquillitate Animi'' | ||
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| - | :''[[mental disorder]]'' | + | '''Madness''' is the state of being mad ([[insane]]) or [[angry]]. |
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| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | Middle English ''medd, madd'', from Old English ''gemǣd'' (“enraged”), from ''gemād'' (“silly, mad”), from Proto-Germanic ''*maidaz'' (compare Old High German ''gimeit'' (“foolish, crazy”), Gothic ''gamaiþs'' (''gamaiþs'', “crippled”)), past participle of ''*maidijaną'' (“to cripple, injure”), from Proto-Indo-European ''*mei'' (“to change”) (compare Old Irish ''máel'' (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ''ap-maitinti'' (“to wound”), Sanskrit ''मेथति'' (''méthati'', “he hurts, comes to blows”)). | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Amour fou]] | ||
| *[[Antisocial personality disorder]] | *[[Antisocial personality disorder]] | ||
| *[[Illness]] | *[[Illness]] | ||
| + | *[[Insanity]] | ||
| *[[Irrationality]] | *[[Irrationality]] | ||
| + | *[[Love is madness]] | ||
| *''[[Madness and Civilization]]'' | *''[[Madness and Civilization]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Mad emperors of Rome]] | ||
| + | *[[Madman]] | ||
| + | *[[Madwoman]] | ||
| + | *[[Mental disorder]] | ||
| *[[Obsession]] | *[[Obsession]] | ||
| - | *[[Unreason]] | ||
| *[[Psychopathy]] | *[[Psychopathy]] | ||
| + | *[[Stone of madness]] | ||
| + | *[[Unreason]] | ||
| + | == Music == | ||
| + | * [[Madness (band)]], a British ska/pop band | ||
| + | * "Madness", a song by Prince Buster from ''[[I Feel the Spirit]]'', also covered by Madness | ||
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Madness is the state of being mad (insane) or angry.
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Etymology
Middle English medd, madd, from Old English gemǣd (“enraged”), from gemād (“silly, mad”), from Proto-Germanic *maidaz (compare Old High German gimeit (“foolish, crazy”), Gothic gamaiþs (gamaiþs, “crippled”)), past participle of *maidijaną (“to cripple, injure”), from Proto-Indo-European *mei (“to change”) (compare Old Irish máel (“bald, dull”), Old Lithuanian ap-maitinti (“to wound”), Sanskrit मेथति (méthati, “he hurts, comes to blows”)).
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See also
- Amour fou
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Illness
- Insanity
- Irrationality
- Love is madness
- Madness and Civilization
- Mad emperors of Rome
- Madman
- Madwoman
- Mental disorder
- Obsession
- Psychopathy
- Stone of madness
- Unreason
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Music
- Madness (band), a British ska/pop band
- "Madness", a song by Prince Buster from I Feel the Spirit, also covered by Madness
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