are considered insanity. In modern usage insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability‚ or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the derivation of the word insanity lies its definition. In English‚ the word sane derives from the Latin adjective sanus meaning healthy. The word insanity was first used in the 1550s. Naturally the word insane means unhealthy. From Latin insanus meaning mad‚ insane‚ then comes the root of in meaning
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at/hear‚ not pretty or attractive‚ and offensive or disgusting‚ It is meaningful to define such a negative word because familiarity often destroys hostility. There is a certain confidence in knowing the exact definition of a word that can cause hurt feelings otherwise. What falls under this definition is very broad and subject to every individual. A scientist by the name of
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Father and son. 1. Find out as much as possible about the father and the son. The father: * He lives in a small house with his son in Toome. * His main concern must be his son. He is afraid that his son is using drugs‚ and that he have gotten in trouble with someone. And that he never knows where he is going. Sometimes it goes days before his son comes home. * The fond memories he has is when he thought his son how to tie a blood-knot‚ how to cast a fly‚ how to strike so the
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Source Textual Evidence Word for word from the text with quotations Commentary Why did you choose this quote? How does it describe hero? Citation Where did this quote come from? “A Man” “From that moment on‚ he set himself to do everything with twice as much enthusiasm.” I chose this quote because a hero never gives up and a hero is always optimistic. (SpringBoard 56). "A Soldier home after loosing his leg in Afghanistan" “I didn’t do anything special‚ but if the progress I have made motivates
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language at their homelands to start their new life in America and succeed in reaching their dream. So what is the defination of the American dream? Some think of it just as being rich and famous or to have a lot of power. However‚ my personal definition of the American dream‚ is the ability to have freedom‚ being able to get the highest level of education‚ being successful in finding a honorable job‚ to have a healthy and happy family‚ and eventually to have an affordable place to call my own.
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The definition of “handicap” is referred to as a “physical or mental disability making participation in certain activities of daily living more difficult”. The definition of “disability” is stated “physical or mental handicap‚ especially one that prevents a person from living a full‚ normal life or from holding a gainful job”. It is a very broad definition that leaves an open discussion for a debate on what is or isn’t considered a handicap. A true disability may be fixed or cured and is always uncontrollable
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think of love‚ they think of having a nervous feeling because they are attracted to a specific person. My definition of love is‚ A chemical reaction in the brain that causes a person’s hormones to react because they want to mate. A person likes another person‚ because humans are still considered animals/mammals and want to pass on genes. This is my definition of love‚ but the dictionary definition is‚ “ A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep personal affection.” Three main examples are romantic
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you think of the school bully getting beat up for stealing your lunch money all these years? What do you hear and think when the word justice is brought to your mind? Justice is defined as‚ “just behavior or treatment.” In most situations that definition is good enough‚ but that isn’t enough to describe justice to me. I would define justice as giving the world peace and equality for every action and reaction. If you have done wrong you will be punished for that wrong‚ because who you have done wrong
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to you no one will know who you are‚ but if you work and make a success and a name for yourself people will remember you. Steve Jobs is a perfect example of this by creating Apple in his garage. But the only way he could do this is because he had a good education. Education is another huge part of the american dream. Education means everything‚ from what job you can have and to what you even know in general. The cool thing about the american dream is that you can learn
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get a job to support their family. Other times it is about a high school pitcher wanting to pitch in the big leagues. Most of the time it is about a young adult wanting to finish college‚ get married and have children. These are three different definition of the American dream but they all mean the same thing. An immigrant‚ a pitcher‚ and a young adult all after the same thing the American dream. To this young immigrant‚ leaving his family for a better life in America is a big sacrifice for him
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