"lunacy" meaning in All languages combined

See lunacy on Wiktionary

Noun [Englisch]

IPA: ˈluːnəsi, ˈljuːnəsi Audio: En-au-lunacy.ogg , En-us-lunacy.ogg Forms: the lunacy [singular], the lunacies [plural]
Etymology: zu dem Adjektiv lunatic ^(→ en) mit dem Suffix -cy
  1. Wahnsinn, Irrsinn, Geistesstörung; geistige Unzurechnungsfähigkeit
    Sense id: de-lunacy-en-noun-mhGITi2q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: insanity, derangement, dementia, craziness, madness, mania, aberration Translations (sdÜ): Wahnsinn [masculine] (Deutsch), Irrsinn [masculine] (Deutsch), Geistesstörung [feminine] (Deutsch), Unzurechnungsfähigkeit [feminine] (Deutsch)

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "Horaz [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]: Briefe 1, 2",
          "text": "„Anger is a brief lunacy.“ (Horaz)",
          "translation": "Wut ist ein kurzer Wahnsinn."
        },
        {
          "ref": "George Orwell: Winston Smith, in Nineteen Eighty-Four, part 3, chapter 3 (1949). zitiert nach quotes.dictionary.com",
          "text": "„ What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy.“ (George Orwell)",
          "translation": "Was kann man gegen Wahnsinnige tun, die intelligenter als man selbst sind, die deine Argumente fair anhören und dann einfach auf ihrem Irrsinn bestehen."
        }
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      "word": "insanity"
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      "word": "derangement"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dementia"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "craziness"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "madness"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "mania"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
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      "lang_code": "de",
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        "masculine"
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      "lang_code": "de",
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      ],
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    }
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    "Übersetzungen (Englisch)"
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      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the lunacies",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "Horaz [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]: Briefe 1, 2",
          "text": "„Anger is a brief lunacy.“ (Horaz)",
          "translation": "Wut ist ein kurzer Wahnsinn."
        },
        {
          "ref": "George Orwell: Winston Smith, in Nineteen Eighty-Four, part 3, chapter 3 (1949). zitiert nach quotes.dictionary.com",
          "text": "„ What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy.“ (George Orwell)",
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        }
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      ],
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      "word": "insanity"
    },
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      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "derangement"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "dementia"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "craziness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "madness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "mania"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "aberration"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Geistesstörung"
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sdÜ",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unzurechnungsfähigkeit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lunacy"
}

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