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Nympholepsy

A species of demoniac enthusiasm or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy.

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Craze 76% connected

To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

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Delirium 76% connected

A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, --…

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Frenzy 76% connected

Any violent agitation of the mind approaching to distraction; violent and temporary derangement of the mental faculties; madness; rage.

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Fury 76% connected

A thief.

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Hysteria 76% connected

A nervous affection, occurring almost exclusively in women, in which the emotional and reflex excitability is exaggerated, and the will power corresp…

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Acting out noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeut…

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Anorexia nervosa noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder characterized by somatic delusions that you are too fat despite being emaciated

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Anxiety noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…

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Anxiousness noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by…

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Compensation noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

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Confabulation noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a plausible but imagined memory that fills in gaps in what is remembered

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Conversion noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic ba…

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Defence noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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Defence mechanism noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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Defence reaction noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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Defense noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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Defense mechanism noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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Defense reaction noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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Denial noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

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Displacement noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

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Echolalia noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the words of another person (as in schizophrenia)

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Folie noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness

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Idealisation noun · 78% connection

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad

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Accidental noun · 78% connection

A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

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Adventitious adjective · 78% connection

Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.

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Appearance noun · 78% connection

The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, ei…

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Arreptitious adjective · 78% connection

Snatched away; seized or possessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained.

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Backup noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally…

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Breakage noun · 78% connection

An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.

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Casual adjective · 78% connection

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

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Casually adverb · 78% connection

Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: species, demoniac, enthusiasm, possession, coming.
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Circumstantially adverb · 78% connection

In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

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Coming adjective · 78% connection

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.

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Computer backup noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally…

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Contamination noun · 78% connection

the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors

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