Synonyms for insanity
ɪnˈsæn ɪ tiin·san·i·ty

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1. insanitynoun

   Antonyms:
   sanity

2. insanitynoun

   Antonyms:
   sanity

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1. insanity

   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, lunacy, madness, mania, monomania

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

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1. insanity

   Synonyms:
   mental aberration, mental unsoundness

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1. insanitynoun

   relatively permanent disorder of the mind

   Antonyms:
   saneness, sanity

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1. • Mental Illness

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1. insanitynoun

   Synonyms:
   derangement, lunacy, craziness, DEMENTIA, mania, madness, delirium, aberration of mind, alienation of mind

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1. insanitynoun

   Synonyms:
   dementia, alienation of mind, madness, lunacy, craziness, derangement, frenzy, delirium, mania, hallucination, aberration of mind, bedlamism, paranoia, monomania

   Antonyms:
   sanity, rationality, lucidity

   Associated words:
   alienist, alienism

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1. List of paraphrases for "insanity":

   madness, dementia, folly, craziness, lunacy, crazy, foolishness

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How to use insanity in a sentence?

1. Rita Mae Brown:

   Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

2. Luke Davies:

   All of the metaphorical stuff aside about the insanity of war, John Yossarian loses John Yossarian friends and this increases John Yossarian sense of anxiety, fear and bewilderment.

3. Robert De Niro:

   I am talking about my own country, the United States of America. We don’t like to say we are a ‘backward’ country so let’s just say we are suffering from a case of temporary insanity.

4. Photographer Aun Raza:

   But the supposed insanity that is labeled on them is not any worse than the sanity outside.

5. David Raybin:

   That's where cases break down, if they do appreciate the wrongfulness of what they did, it doesn't meet the legal standard for insanity.