lunacy
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈluːnəsi/
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locura
- His decision to invest all his savings in a failing company was sheer lunacy.
- sheer lunacy
- complete lunacy
- pure lunacy
The ideology they subscribe to is utter lunacy.
- The ideology they subscribe to is utter lunacy.
- But despite this belief, this movement, these conventions, this total lunacy, science will continue to do its thing.
- But this entire article is complete lunacy.
- Obama Trump Ding, Ding, ring a Ding name the lunacy, right?
- Object lunacy of it and people in masks in their cars alone.
Examples
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Why, this is lunacy!
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But I could think of no scam that wasn't sheer lunacy.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's an act of lunacy, General, sir.
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And what fresh lunacy is this?
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We need to keep the pressure on all the time until this lunacy stops.
Blog text (2) -
First Tom and now Robert: this lunacy seemed to be a disease sweeping London like the plague.
Fiction book (1993) -
Day after day, from the radio and the newspapers, all we heard from Europe was the lunacy of approaching war.
Fiction book (1997) -
Yes, well, under the circumstances it seems a little churlish not to meet the woman responsible - for this voyage of lunacy.
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Hundreds of conspiracy-oriented internet sites, of various degrees of lunacy, appeared almost overnight.
Fiction book (2002) -
However, fewer and fewer Americans are embracing the lunacy of trying to force religious beliefs on anyone else.
Blog text (8)
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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4.6
A foolish action that shows poor judgment
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4.2
Very wild or foolish behavior, sometimes caused by problems in the mind
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7.3
A foolish action or a lack of good sense that causes trouble
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6.1
Something very silly that goes against common sense
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8.0
Very stupid or foolish behaviour often seen as offensive
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6.2
A lack of clear, logical thinking
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4.9
Being very silly or clearly unreasonable
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9.9
An informal word for very crazy behavior or wild actions
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6.1
Silly, harmless behavior that makes people laugh
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9.9
Silly, often annoying behavior that causes confusion
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9.4
Wild, foolish behavior that causes confusion
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6.8
A very silly or crazy way of behaving that makes people laugh
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7.3
A way of behaving that is silly or foolish and not thinking clearly
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7.9
A state of being very silly and clearly against common sense
A condition that makes a person very ill in the mind
A situation that is very strange and does not make sense
Antonyms
How Foolish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lunacy comes from the Latin word luna 'moon', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of the moon making people act strange. So today lunacy often means very foolish or wildly risky behavior.