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as in insanity
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
nowadays certain forms of madness are quite treatable
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2
as in simplicity
lack of good sense or judgment
to do something so reckless would be sheer madness
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as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
her incessant insults goaded him to such madness that he would storm around breaking dishes and slamming doors
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Recent Examples of madness
With its David Lynch-esque atmosphere and a blend of rural noir and psychological dread, the film proposes an exploration of the thin line between innocence and madness.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 5 May 2025
Set in rural America, Die, My Love is described as the portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
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
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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Jamie Lang, Variety, 5 May 2025
Set in rural America, Die, My Love is described as the portrait of a woman engulfed by love and madness.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madness
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As part of an agreement between defense and prosecuting attorneys, 35-year-old Bryson Levy was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Feb. 4.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the stabbings two years ago that killed David Breaux, 50, and Karim Abou Najm, 20, as well as the near-fatal attack on Guillory.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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So perhaps the clearest difference between the final months of O’Neil and the early months of Pereira has been simplicity.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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The simplicity of getting your feet wet with these tools means that most of your time will be spent dealing with a company's security and compliance teams.—
Jeff Catlin,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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The city councilor and over two dozen residents responded to Eureka Street after the presence of federal agents in the neighborhood sparked anger Thursday morning.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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Meanwhile, reports that the Trump administration will announce a U.S. renaming of the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Gulf would be enthusiastically welcomed by Arab states, but could draw severe anger from Iran at a time of delicate nuclear negotiations with Tehran.—
Natasha Turak,
CNBC,
9 May 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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The result was an outpouring of delighted indignation and anti-Corden sentiment, complete with an extended tabloid news cycle.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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With Chrome, OpenAI would gain access to a treasure trove of user behavior data — data that might fuel its large language models but also trigger indignation from privacy activists.—
Tor Constantino, MBA,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The White House has cited legislation passed during the peak of the nation’s Cold War hysteria, like the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952, which expanded the government’s deportation powers.—
Rick Baldoz,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2025
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The lynchings take place against a backdrop of hysteria created by the R.S.S. and its allies—a paranoid narrative of a vast majority, nearly a billion strong, being victimized by a much smaller minority.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Prosecutors say Read, 45, deliberately hit O’Keefe, 46, with her Lexus SUV in a drunken rage and left him for dead in January 2022.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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So there’s a lot of rage from that, and rightfully so.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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For the past 14 years, Palafox has served as private conservator to her son, deemed gravely disabled by schizophrenia that took hold in his early 20s.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
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Related article ‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana’: Surgeon General warns pregnant women and youth about pot risks Young people who use marijuana are more likely to develop long-lasting mental disorders, including depression, social anxiety and schizophrenia, and drop out of school, the CDC said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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“Madness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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