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
Noun
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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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An Alzheimer's Association report, released April 29, said the total annual cost of caring for people living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia will reach $384 billion in 2025.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, is a neurodegenerative condition that can start developing 20 years before symptoms appear.—
Allen Chang,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 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 much of the call, Mills leaned hard on federal deficit hysteria to justify spending cuts for essential public services his constituents rely on.—
Letters to the editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2025
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But here, Clooney has recast himself as journalistic hero Edward R. Murrow, who in the early 1950s defied U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his efforts to stoke anti-communist hysteria through the media.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
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Within the film’s glittering absurdity, Langlois shows us how easily the monster that was fame and fandom could turn on women like Mimi and Billie.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Based in Brooklyn, the studio will focus on stories that go inside the fringe to capture the absurdity of modern American life.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2025
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The simplicity of his resting place follows the express request made by Francis in his will.—
Fatima Al-Kassab,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Asawa’s own words posted throughout the exhibit reflect the simplicity of her genius.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Lunacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunacy. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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