English > insane asylum: 1 sense > noun 1, artifactMeaning | A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person. |
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Synonyms | mental hospital, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, institution, mental home, asylum |
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Narrower | Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
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Broader | hospital, infirmary | A health facility where patients receive treatment |
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Spanish | hospital psiquiátrico, manicomio, psiquiátrico, siquiátrico |
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Catalan | hospital psiquiàtric, manicomi, psiquiàtric |
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