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English noun: mental institution

1. mental institution (artifact) a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person


Synonymsasylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, psychiatric hospital


Broader (hypernym)hospital, infirmary


Narrower (hyponym)Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit









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