1
as in insanity
a foolish act or idea
you want to sneak into the building after the alarm is set—what lunacy!
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as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
the judge ruled that the lunacy of the accused made him incompetent to stand trial
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as in madness
lack of good sense or judgment
was it desperation or lunacy that caused him to quit his job and move to California without any plan for what to do when he got there?
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Recent Examples of lunacy
As the protagonist consumed by an obsessive need to clean, Jan Hooks evokes Tennessee Williams heroine lunacy.
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The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The cast try their best to keep up with such lunacy.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The sheer quantity of extremist marketing lunacy churned out by Old State Saloon in Eagle is astonishing.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
His endeavor might sound like lunacy to most people — a country, on a barge, in international waters, with guns?
—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The New York Times, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The cast try their best to keep up with such lunacy.
—Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
The sheer quantity of extremist marketing lunacy churned out by Old State Saloon in Eagle is astonishing.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Jan. 2025
His endeavor might sound like lunacy to most people — a country, on a barge, in international waters, with guns?
—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunacy
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing two people and grievously wounding a third over the space of five days in April and May 2023.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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However, on April 18, a judge in Fulton County Superior Court dropped the charges against Calabrese-Lewis, ordering that she should be declared not guilty by reason of insanity, citing her mental illness, according to the filing obtained by PEOPLE.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Be smart: Keeping your brain on its toes, so to speak, can help prevent dementia.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
7 May 2025
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Social isolation is a leading risk factor for a wide range of serious health problems, including heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.—
Rob Simmelkjaer,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
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Liam Twomey got his teeth into the Marvel Comics-style madness of Real Madrid’s ‘El Loco’, Antonio Rudiger (above).—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The madness in the auditoriums has understandably irked theater operators and unsuspecting patrons, especially when one attendee brought a live chicken into a showing.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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For all the hysteria around the goals conceded against Madrid and Palace, this setup actually helped Arsenal through their first leg encounter with the Spanish club.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Although female hysteria is no longer recognized as legitimate, its vestiges persist.—
Shreyas Teegala,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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Part of what makes Robinson’s Netflix show so consistently hilarious is the way his characters double down on the wrong reaction, turn minor fixations into all-consuming obsessions, escalate their anger to overthrow a situation’s over-the-top absurdity.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2025
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Travel & Experiences First look: Universal’s Epic Universe gives Disney theme parks a run for their money April 9, 2025 There’s occasionally an absurdity in interactive fiction.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2025
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The simplicity of pressure washing leads many to dismiss it as a side hustle rather than a scalable business.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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For minimalist interior designers, there’s beauty in simplicity and restraint.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Lunacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunacy. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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