Lunacy
['luːnəsɪ] or ['lunəsi]
Definition
(n.) Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation.
(n.) A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Insanity, madness, mania, derangement, craziness, mental aberration.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Madness, Insanity, derangement, craziness, mania, aberration, hallucination
ANT:Sanity, reason, intellect, intelligence, rationality, lucidity
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Examples
- They mean to make either an idiot or a maniac of him, and take out a commission of lunacy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Is this lunacy! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I also procured the services of two gentlemen who could furnish me with the necessary certificates of lunacy. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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