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Synonyms for lunacy
ˈlu nə silu·na·cy

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  1. lunacynoun

    The state of being mad, insanity

    Synonyms:
    insanity

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  1. lunacy

    Of these terms insanity is the most exact and comprehensive, including in its widest sense all morbid conditions of mind due to diseased action of the brain or nervous system, but in its more frequent restricted use applied to those forms in which the mental disorder is persistent, as distinguished from those in which it is temporary or transient. Craziness is a vague popular term for any sort of disordered mental action, or for conduct suggesting it. Lunacy originally denoted intermittent insanity, supposed to be dependent on the changes of the moon (Latin luna): the term is now applied in general and legal use to any form of mental unsoundness except idiocy. Madness is the old popular term, now less common, for insanity in its widest sense, but with suggestion of excitement, akin to mania. In the derived sense, lunacy denotes what is insanely foolish, madness what is insanely desperate. Derangement is a common euphemism for insanity. Delirium is always temporary, and is specifically the insanity of disease, as in acute fevers. Dementia is a general weakening of the mental powers: the word is specifically applied to senile insanity, dotage. Aberration is eccentricity of mental action due to an abnormal state of the perceptive faculties, and is manifested by error in perceptions and rambling thought. Hallucination is the apparent perception of that which does not exist or is not present to the senses, as the seeing of specters or of reptiles in delirium tremens. Monomania is mental derangement as to one subject or object. Frenzy and mania are forms of raving and furious insanity. Compare synonyms for DELUSION; IDIOCY.

    Synonyms:
    aberration, alienation, craziness, delirium, dementia, derangement, frenzy, hallucination, insanity, madness, mania, monomania

    Antonyms:
    clearness, good sense, lucidity, rationality, sanity

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  1. lunacy

    Synonyms:
    madness, insanity, derangement, craziness, mania, aberration, hallucination

    Antonyms:
    sanity, reason, intellect, intelligence, rationality, lucidity

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  1. lunacy, madness, insanenessnoun

    obsolete terms for legal insanity

    Synonyms:
    lyssa, fury, rage, rabidity, hydrophobia, foolery, madness, tomfoolery, rabidness, indulgence, insaneness, foolishness, folly, craziness, rabies

  2. folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgencenoun

    foolish or senseless behavior

    Synonyms:
    foolishness, flakiness, indulging, daftness, madness, lenience, pampering, stupidity, humoring, leniency, foolery, tomfoolery, self-indulgence, folly, craziness, insaneness, indulgence, imbecility, unwiseness, betise

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  1. lunacynoun

    Synonyms:
    insanity, madness, mania, derangement, craziness, mental aberration

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  1. List of paraphrases for "lunacy":

    madness, folly, insanity

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#15640dementia
#17956insanity
#18098indulgence
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#20444stupidity
#21891folly
#26455rabies
#28886alienation
#36680delirium
#41023pampering
#42354aberration
#47276foolishness
#49375lunacy
#49727indulging
#57260craziness
#62974hallucination
#74912leniency
#109190derangement
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#173706imbecility
#177173lyssa
#180107foolery
#242028hydrophobia
#263154flakiness
#286923humoring

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  1. James Carville:

    Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island and Seattle, Washington. This defund-police lunacy and take Lincoln’s name off of schools … people see that. It’s having a suppressive effect across the country. Some people need to go to a woke detox center.

  2. Edward Dahlberg:

    Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.

  3. James Carville:

    Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island and Seattle, Washington. This defund-police lunacy and take Lincoln’s name off of schools: People see that. It’s having a suppressive effect across the country. Some people need to go to a woke detox center, james Carville believes his party lost its way and he is correct.

  4. Senator Ted Cruz:

    President Obama and Hillary Clinton's idea that we should bring tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees to America, it is nothing less than lunacy, now on the other hand, Christians who are being targeted for genocide, for persecution, Christians who are being beheaded or crucified, we should be providing safe haven to them.

  5. Jon Alterman:

    There's a large constituency the president has that thinks it would be lunacy to go to war against Iran, there's a large part of his base that thinks the craziest thing we could do is committing ourselves to endless wars in the Middle East.


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