lunacy
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- noun
- /ˈluːnəsi/
- Archaic
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locura
- I can not endure much more of your father's lunacy.
- Lunacy Commission
Any special proceedings for like lunacy, anything like that.
- Any special proceedings for like lunacy, anything like that.
- I reached for Carolyn and set off that insane mix of rage and lunacy that led one human being to kill another.
Examples
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Look, the Lunacy Board is composed of competent alienists who know all about insanity.
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Morgan suffered a brief attack of lunacy.
Fiction book (1991) -
What I want is proof of her lunacy... at any cost.
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His mind is filled with lunacy.
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In cases of hopeless lunacy...
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"What the major was proposing was lunacy."
Fiction book (1993) -
What is this lunacy?
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To suggest that we dignify his lunacy with respect is absurd and insulting.
Blog text (3) -
He's supposed to conceal his lunacy and real plans for the country until after he's elected.
Blog text (28) -
The sudden decision to invest all their savings seemed like pure lunacy to her friends.
Synonyms
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6.5
A serious mental illness that makes a person unable to think or behave normally
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4.2
Very wild or foolish behavior, sometimes caused by problems in the mind
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9.9
A legal state of serious mental illness found in court
A condition that makes a person very ill in the mind
Antonyms
How Mentally Disturbed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lunacy comes from the Latin word luna 'moon', because people long ago thought the moon could change a person's mind or health. That's why courts and doctors once used lunacy as a legal word for real insanity.