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hebephrenic

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he·be·phre·ni·a  (hb-frn-, -frn-)
n.
A type of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms, senseless laughter, delusions, hallucinations, and regressive behavior.
[Greek hb, youth + -phrenia.]
hebe·phrenic (-frnk, -frnk) adj.
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Adj.1.hebephrenic - suffering from a form of schizophrenia characterized by foolish mannerisms and senseless laughter along with delusions and regressive behavior
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"


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Hirschhorn's work thus confronts an advanced state of fetishization, one from which all ambiguity has been extra Recognizing the protototalitarian conditions of consumer culture, Hirschhorn's practice confronts the linguistic spasms generated by the iterative experience of name recognition and the perceptual branding enforced by the stridency of design with a delinquent mimesis and a hebephrenic semblance of disintegration and destitution.
Cargo and cult: The displays of Thomas Hirschhorn by Buchloh, Benjamin H.D. / Artforum International
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