"delirium" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

State of violent mental agitation (synset 114415281)
is a type of: mania, manic disorder - a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently
subtypes:
- nympholepsy - a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable
- epidemic hysertia, mass hysteria - a condition in which a large group of people exhibit the same state of violent mental agitation
same as: craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria
A usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations (synset 114410607)
is a type of: disturbance, folie, mental disorder, mental disturbance, psychological disorder - (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness