'Lunacy' definitions:
Definition of 'lunacy'
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Definition of 'Lunacy'
From: GCIDE
- Lunacy \Lu"na*cy\, n.; pl. Lunacies. [See Lunatic.]
- 1. Insanity or madness; properly, the kind of insanity which is broken by intervals of reason, -- formerly supposed to be influenced by the changes of the moon; any form of unsoundness of mind, except idiocy; mental derangement or alienation. --Brande. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- Your kindred shuns your house As beaten hence by your strange lunacy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A morbid suspension of good sense or judgment, as through fanaticism. --Dr. H. More.
- Syn: Derangement; craziness; mania. See Insanity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lunacy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberration,
- abnormality,
- absurdity,
- alienation,
- asininity,
- battiness,
- brain damage,
- brainlessness,
- brainsickness,
- buffoonery,
- clouded mind,
- clownishness,
- crackpottedness,
- crankiness,
- craziness,
- daffiness,
- daftness,
- dementedness,
- dementia,
- derangement,
- desipience,
- disorientation,
- distraction,
- eccentricity,
- fatuity,
- fatuousness,
- folie,
- folly,
- foolery,
- foolhardiness,
- foolheadedness,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- furor,
- giddiness,
- goofiness,
- idiocy,
- illogic,
- illogicality,
- imbecility,
- inanity,
- ineptitude,
- insaneness,
- insanity,
- irrationality,
- loss of mind,
- loss of reason,
- madness,
- mania,
- mental deficiency,
- mental derangement,
- mental disease,
- mental disorder,
- mental disturbance,
- mental illness,
- mental instability,
- mental sickness,
- mind overthrown,
- mindlessness,
- mindsickness,
- niaiserie,
- nugacity,
- nuttiness,
- oddness,
- pixilation,
- possession,
- preposterousness,
- psychopathy,
- psychosis,
- queerness,
- rabidness,
- reasonlessness,
- ridiculousness,
- sappiness,
- screwiness,
- senselessness,
- shattered mind,
- sick mind,
- sickness,
- silliness,
- strangeness,
- stupidity,
- thoughtlessness,
- triflingness,
- triviality,
- unbalance,
- unbalanced mind,
- unsaneness,
- unsound mind,
- unsoundness,
- unsoundness of mind,
- wackiness,
- weirdness,
- witlessness,
- zaniness,
- zanyism