lunacy
insanity; mental disorder.
intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon.
extreme foolishness or an instance of it: Her decision to resign was sheer lunacy.
unsoundness of mind sufficient to incapacitate one for civil transactions: a former legal term.
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How to use lunacy in a sentence
Instead, drains and pipes carry it away—lunacy, Yu thinks, in places with water shortages.
It was the kind of rampage mounted by a physician who meets lunacy and delusion with quiet scientific truth.
The COVID Doc Saving Lives—in the E.R. and on Twitter | Michael Daly | December 10, 2021 | The Daily BeastCharles Manson turned retribution for a drug burn into a shaggy dog story of multi-night massacres, lunacy and a race war he was hoping to kick off.
This effort to prevent the IRS from cracking down on wealthy tax cheats is being sold in language that echoes the lurid lunacy of the Obama years.
Today the island is called Roosevelt Island, and there are no more lunatics, though there is some degree of lunacy, especially in the waning days of the pandemic.
Gene Weingarten: New York, from the bizarre to the truly bizarre | Gene Weingarten | June 3, 2021 | Washington Post
I was never sure whether this was phlegm or the onset of lunacy.
Every one of those theories seems like the kind of googly-eyed lunacy only the fringiest fringe-dwellers would believe.
Vaccines Are Poison, Cellphones Cause Cancer, and Other Medical Conspiracies | Russell Saunders | July 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen that woman is Kate Middleton, debate turns into utter lunacy.
Here are 24 short stories, each quintessentially quirky and, some would think, touched by lunacy.
Sometimes, especially during the Faith years, I felt close to lunacy.
Francis le Moine, an excellent French painter, ran himself through with a sword in a fit of lunacy.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellI have been collecting some most valuable information on (looking round at them) lunacy in the—er—county of Devonshire.
First Plays | A. A. MilneBut he is quite a Michelet; the general views, and such a piece of character painting, excellent; but his method sheer lunacy.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonOur whole scheme of things indeed is so mixed, that the wonder only is we are not all in a state of chronic lunacy.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Cairdlunacy had always been, and remained, a ground of exception from the prohibition to grant outdoor relief.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney Webb
British Dictionary definitions for lunacy
/ (ˈluːnəsɪ) /
(formerly) any severe mental illness
foolishness or a foolish act
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