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Definition of Insane asylum
1. Noun. A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person.
Specialized synonyms: Bedlam, Booby Hatch, Crazy House, Cuckoo's Nest, Funny Farm, Funny House, Loony Bin, Madhouse, Nut House, Nuthouse, Sanatorium, Snake Pit
Generic synonyms: Hospital, Infirmary
Derivative terms: Institutional, Institutionalise, Institutionalize
Definition of Insane asylum
1. Noun. A facility designed where persons with serious mental disorders are housed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insane Asylum
Literary usage of Insane asylum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"... Mass.; New York City Lunatic Asylum; Binghamton insane asylum, NY; New York
State Homoeopathic Asylum for the Insane ; State insane asylum, Pa.; ..."
2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1882)
"180 oo 24 State Hospital for the Insane, Danville, Pa., ..... aoo 72 25 Insane
Asylum of North Carolina, Raleigh (some permanent improvements 26 State ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1864)
"Of the insane asylum of the State of California, for the fiscal year 1858-59. 1.
The principal medical statistics, for the year 1863, of the Pennsylvania ..."
4. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"Fees of Sheriff. must make an order that he be confined in the insane asylum.
2218. The insane person, together with the order of the Judge and certificate ..."
5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1894)
"Institution for the Blind Asylum for the insane asylum for the insane asylum for
the insane asylum for the insane asylum for the insane asylum for Idiots ..."