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To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.
David Brooks

Meaning of "lunacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LUNACY

lunacy  [ˈluːnəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUNACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lunacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUNACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lunacy

Lunacy may refer to: ▪ Lunacy, the condition suffered by a lunatic, now used only informally ▪ Lunacy, a 2005 Jan Švankmajer's film ▪ Lunacy, a video game for the Sega Saturn video game console ▪ Luna Sea, a Japanese rock band originally named Lunacy ▪ Lunacy, their 2000 album ▪ The following of the Roman goddess Luna, a variation of the Greek goddess Selene ▪ Lunacy, the name of the FIRST Robotics Competition 2009 game ▪ Luna-C, British DJ and record producer...

Definition of lunacy in the English dictionary

The definition of lunacy in the dictionary is any severe mental illness. Other definition of lunacy is foolishness or a foolish act.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUNACY


athanasy
əˈθænəsɪ
determinacy
dɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ
effeminacy
ɪˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
euthanasy
juːˈθænəsɪ
feminacy
ˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
geognosy
dʒɪˈɒɡnəsɪ
importunacy
ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnəsɪ
indeterminacy
ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ
inordinacy
ɪnˈɔːdɪnəsɪ
obstinacy
ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ
pharmacognosy
ˌfɑːməˈkɒɡnəsɪ
Varanasi
vəˈrɑːnəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUNACY

luna moth
lunacies
lunar
lunar caustic
lunar eclipse
lunar landing
lunar module
lunar month
lunar orbit
lunar year
lunarian
lunarist
lunarnaut
lunary
lunate
lunated
lunately
lunatic
lunatic asylum
lunatic fringe

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUNACY

adequacy
advocacy
bureaucracy
conspiracy
delicacy
democracy
diplomacy
efficacy
fallacy
intimacy
lacy
legacy
legitimacy
literacy
pharmacy
piracy
privacy
racy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of lunacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LUNACY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lunacy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of lunacy

Translation of «lunacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUNACY

Find out the translation of lunacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lunacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lunacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

风狂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

locura
570 millions of speakers

English

lunacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पागलपन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جنون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

невменяемость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

loucura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাগলামি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

folie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gila
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wahnsinn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

狂気
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

광기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lunacy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự điên cuồng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பைத்தியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेडया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çılgınlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pazzia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obłęd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неосудність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nebunie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρέλα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waansin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lunacy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

galskap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lunacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNACY»

The term «lunacy» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.827 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNACY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lunacy

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8 QUOTES WITH «LUNACY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lunacy.
1
Jo Brand
There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' - which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.
2
David Brooks
To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.
3
Edward Dahlberg
Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.
4
Bob Hoskins
Quantum physics is a bit of a passion of mine. It's extraordinary. There's a branch of mathematics that is based on lunacy, and that's wonderful.
5
Anjelica Huston
Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy.
6
Timothy Radcliffe
Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made to seek the truth.
7
Peter Senge
You go to any MBA program, and you will be taught the theory of the firm, that the purpose of the firm is the maximization of return on invested capital. I always thought this was a kind of lunacy.
8
Nicholas Stern
If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this... it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUNACY»

Discover the use of lunacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lunacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Serendipities: Language and Lunacy
-- Library Journal
Umberto Eco, 2013
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The Poor Law of Lunacy
Most historians portray 19th-century county asylums as the exclusive realm of the asylum doctor, but Bartlett (law, U. of Nottingham) argues that they should be thought of as an aspect of English poor law, in which the medical ...
Peter Bartlett, 1999
3
Lunacy, Law and Conscience, 1744-1845: The Social History of ...
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Kathleen Jones, 2013
4
Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in ...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE Gaslight tales of rooftop escapes, men and women snatched in broad daylight, patients shut in coffins, a fanatical cult known as the Abode of Love.
Sarah Wise, 2012
5
Victorian Lunacy: Richard M. Bucke and the Practice of Late ...
This 1986 book explores the theory and practice of late nineteenth-century psychiatry.
Samuel Edward Dole Shortt, 2011
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Letters Labelled Lunacy: Love
This work carried the function of the imagination into the introduction to the reader that faith and imagination and reason are in better affair than if reason attacks the function of faith and magical thinking.
Demonmocker, 2011
7
Customers and Patrons of the Mad-Trade: The Management of ...
This book is a lively commentary on the eighteenth-century mad-business, its practitioners, its patients (or "customers"), and its patrons, viewed through the unique lens of the private case book kept by the most famous mad-doctor in ...
Jonathan Andrews, Andrew Scull, 2003
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Love?Lust?Lunacy?: In a Lunch Box
In a Lunchbox. Erotically tantalizing and majestically romantic, Richard Logan has managed to showcase and compile the running gamut of human emotion that sweeps relationships." -Erin Young Inspired, in part, by "Love?lust?Lunacy?
Richard B. Logan, 2012
9
Raving Lunacy: Clubbed to Death - Adventures on the Rave Scene
Notorious in London's criminal underworld, Dave is also a big name in the club and dance scene. Raving Lunacy is the story of this double life, and how one world spilled over into the other.
Dave Courtney, 2002
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Labyrinths of Lunacy
Labyrinths of Lunacyis a book of honesty, courage, humor, and the hope of a better life. It is a story for anyone who wishes to take themselves less seriously.
Anita Alexandra, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUNACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lunacy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dahlberg: Brooks Koepka's strong stance ended lunacy at British …
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland – Brooks Koepka may not win the British Open, though a lot of people in golf believe he has the kind of talent to win a ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
2
C of E backs Pope in lunacy that could only hurt the poor - Telegraph
How appropriate was the Church of England's timing when its General Synod joined the Pope last week in calling for us all to pray for the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Geelong court: Grovedale father's drug-fuelled burn outs were 'lunacy'
A FATHER of two spent three days in intensive care and needed eight blood transfusions after crashing his motorbike while doing drug-fuelled ... «Geelong Advertiser, Jul 15»
4
Grocers dismiss latest call by academics for nutrition tax as 'lunacy'
Calling the recommendations published in a recent study into the potential effects of a nutrition tax “lunacy”, New Zealand Food and Grocery ... «FoodNavigator-Asia.com, Jul 15»
5
Politicole: The Inaccuracy And Lunacy Of 'Xenophobia'
Politicole: The Inaccuracy And Lunacy Of 'Xenophobia'. As of Tuesday, July 14, 2015 · Sign in to favorite this; Discuss 5 comments, Blog about ... «Bahamas Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Courthouse 'lunacy' decried
There's all sorts of lunacy around this that needs to be confronted.'' Cr Kate Wilson said there were many reasons why the building should ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
LETTER: Visa law plane lunacy
ON JULY 8, flight AF 990 from Paris, scheduled to depart at 11.30pm, was delayed by an hour due to the newly proclaimed draconian visa laws ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
8
The Lunacy of Sanctuary Cities
It turns out that everything we've heard about the evils of states and localities defying federal law is wrong. So long as a jurisdiction is sticking ... «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»
9
Taxing bread 'is lunacy'
The Food and Grocery Council says a study calling for a 20 percent increase on staples such as bread, milk and cereal is lunacy. $24.93 of ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
10
The lunacy of granting 'sanctuary' to violent illegal aliens
Youths hitch a ride atop a freight train in Oaxaca, Mexico, on their way to the US border, where they would join a flood of unaccompanied ... «New York Post, Jul 15»

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