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manic-depressive
adjective as in psychotic
Example Sentences
In his own words, he is “actually very manic depressive” and can feel the world moving past him.
Saint Laurent was at his best a genius, and at his worst a manic-depressive genius.
In the excited stage of manic-depressive insanity it is not uncommon to find that the memory is abnormally active.
Of the two terms (folie circulaire and manic-depressive insanity) the latter is the more correct.
The mental symptoms, in short, are very similar to those of the elevated stage of manic-depressive insanity.
The cases in this family seem all to be instances of manic-depressive insanity.
Occasionally it shows, superficially, a similarity to the manic-depressive type.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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