Synonyms for insanity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : in-san-i-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsæn ɪ ti

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Définition of insanity

Origin : 1580s, "state of being insane," from Latin insanitatem (nominative insanitas) "unhealthfulness," noun of quality from insanus (see insane). Meaning "extreme folly" is from 1844.

noun mental illness; foolishness

Example sentences :

No part of my insanity was ever held in such ridicule as this.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Belinda's blood ran cold—she had no longer any doubt that this was insanity.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

And because he had too abiding a gentleness to say it, the insanity of her anger rose anew.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

It is an old trick to say that poets are mad,—you mistake our agonies for insanity.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

For one dreadful moment I believed that you had fallen a victim to her insanity.
Extract from : « Theresa Marchmont » by Mrs Charles Gore

But the act she was meditating now was one which seemed like the act of insanity.
Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous

This is so not merely in the sense of insanity but of suicide.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Sanity may play with insanity; but insanity must not be allowed to play with sanity.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

Should they be razed, or left as evidence of the insanity of the usurpers?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

"I have a theory that Frank is much interested in the subject of insanity," Ned went on.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

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