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WIP: Update term insane #434

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Update term insane
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title: Insane
slug: insane
defined: false
defined: true
speech: adj
alt_words:
- bizarre
- intense
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extreme
extraordinary

- odd
- perculiar
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(sp) peculiar

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unexpected

- weird
flag:
level: avoid
text: ableist language
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reading:
- text: Words of the Week – “Insane and Insanity”
href: https://therollingexplorer.com/ableist-language-to-avoid-and-acceptable-alternatives-insane-edition/
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To maintain our structure, we should start this definition including its various usages:

  1. in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.
  2. (of an action or quality) characterized or caused by madness.
  3. colloquially, used to mean to an intense degree, such as extreme, extraordinary, shocking, outrageous

Insane stems from the Latin word «insanus» for not in healty.
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I'd place this under ## Origins/Etymology

Similar words are «crazy» or «deranged».

Nowadys, these meanings are associated:

1. in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction; seriously mentally ill.
2. (of an action or quality) characterized or caused by madness.
3. extremely annoyed.
4. extremely foolish; irrational.
5. shocking; outrageous.

Regardless of how it is used, it is linked to mental illness. Even if you
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It might be helpful to pull in some of the language around the word crazy:

Issues

Insane is very commonly used as an adjective to embody a vast array of ideas, often not specifically. It is used so frequently that it sometimes is a filler. Insane can also be used in a derogatory manner for someone with mental or psychiatric disabilities.

Impact

By using ableist language, we are perpetuating violence against people who experience mental or psychological disabilities. Using this language perpetuates those systems and language of harm, regardless of our intent.

Usage Tip

Be more specific. Typically we can find an alternate definition by taking time to reflect on what emotion we're really feeling.

don't intend it, you are invoking negative associations and stigma around
this.