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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
But legitimate criticism has often been lost in spiteful lunacy.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 10 Oct. 2024
With all this lunacy, your show can also hit tender moments so well — like when Charles and Doreen make amends.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
In a market crowded with hundreds of thousands of coins—including those belonging to Azalea and her celebrity peers—meme-coin creators are being driven to stunts of an ever-escalating lunacy to try to get people to choose their coin instead.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2024
The lunacy of that move and its aftershocks brought Wall Street’s fear gauge, the VIX , to a 52-week high of 65.73 intraday, another insane collaterally thoughtless metric that alternately scared some and made others feel the whole thing is overdone.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 10 Oct. 2024
With all this lunacy, your show can also hit tender moments so well — like when Charles and Doreen make amends.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 8 Oct. 2024
In a market crowded with hundreds of thousands of coins—including those belonging to Azalea and her celebrity peers—meme-coin creators are being driven to stunts of an ever-escalating lunacy to try to get people to choose their coin instead.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2024
The lunacy of that move and its aftershocks brought Wall Street’s fear gauge, the VIX , to a 52-week high of 65.73 intraday, another insane collaterally thoughtless metric that alternately scared some and made others feel the whole thing is overdone.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunacy
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The subsequent trial captivated the nation, and Thaw was eventually found not guilty on the grounds of insanity.Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 25 Dec. 2024
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The plotting and premeditation undercut the potential insanity argument, however.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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But his defense attorneys had argued that Girardi’s dementia and ongoing cognitive decline warranted keeping him out of prison and in the memory care ward of his Orange County nursing home.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Numerous studies have shown a link between not wearing hearing aids and the progression of dementia in people with hearing loss.Mill Etienne, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Ford, in what only can be described a bout of corporate madness, kept them.Jeremy White, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
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Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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The sightings have provoked hysteria among residents and fears of in-air collisions with commercial planes and helicopters.Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2024
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Under the direction of David Tedeschi, the film brings back the tears of hysteria that accompanied the band’s every move in the U.S., and generates some fresh tears from some of its contemporary interview subjects, who tell how the band’s advent changed their lives.Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Dec. 2024
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Some bills memorably illustrated the absurdity of a system that turns ordinary mishaps into extraordinary revenues.Elisabeth Rosenthal, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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While the absurdity of Skibidi Toilet can be baffling to many (including Gen Z), its cultural impact has been so significant that Gerasimov is in talks with director Michael Bay to adapt a movie and television series.George Yang, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Embracing Simplicity In Modern Solutions Modern hardware capabilities allow for a paradigm shift toward simplicity.Avery Pennarun, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The track’s production, helmed by DJ Pooh, achieves emotional depth through masterful simplicity.Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Lunacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunacy. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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