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insanity
[ in-san-i-tee ]
noun
- (not in technical use as a medical diagnosis) the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- Law. such unsoundness of mind as frees one from legal responsibility, as for committing a crime, or as signals one's lack of legal capacity, as for entering into a contractual agreement.
- Psychiatry. (formerly) psychosis.
- extreme foolishness:
Trying to drive through that traffic would be pure insanity.
- a foolish or senseless action, policy, statement, etc.:
We've heard decades of insanities in our political discourse.
insanity
/ ɪˈæɪɪ /
noun
- relatively permanent disorder of the mind; state or condition of being insane
- law a defect of reason as a result of mental illness, such that a defendant does not know what he or she is doing or that it is wrong
- utter folly; stupidity
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
I think the Dodgers meeting the president only helped to normalize the insanity.
He lets the viewer take in the strange horror onscreen and the full insanity of it, at the same pace anyone would.
That remains the best explanation I’ve heard yet for the pile of steaming insanity that currently inhabits the Oval Office.
In a 2024 campaign video, Trump declared that "We are going to get this anti-American insanity out of our institutions once and for all. We are going to have real education in America."
In the context of the story, the narrator is describing his descent into insanity after beholding the most grotesque, ungodly beast in existence.
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