Across
- 4. The origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning
- 6. An institute offering shelter and support to the mentally ill
- 8. An extremely foolish or eccentric person
- 9. A resource that lists the words of a language and gives their meaning often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage
- 10. A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception,withdrawal from reality, fantasy, and delusion
Down
- 1. The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context
- 2. The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
- 3. The body of words used in a language
- 5. The practice of compiling dictionaries
- 7. an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder