lunacy

noun

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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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2
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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“Lunacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunacy. Accessed 27 Jan. 2023.

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