"lunacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈluː.nə.si/ [UK], /ˈljuː.nə.si/ [UK], /ˈluː.nə.si/ [US] Audio: en-us-lunacy.ogg , en-au-lunacy.ogg Forms: lunacies [plural]
Etymology: From lunatic + -cy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lunatic|cy}} lunatic + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lunacy (countable and uncountable, plural lunacies)
  1. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
    a cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases
    Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases): maanziekte (Dutch)
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  2. (of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity
    insanity implying legal irresponsibility.
    Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lunacy-en-noun-5W6Hpaoy Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 44 5
  3. Something deeply misguided. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (something deeply misguided): gekheid (Dutch), waanzin (Dutch), hulluus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-lunacy-en-noun-hyVIcoNv Disambiguation of 'something deeply misguided': 3 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (state of being mad): insanity, madness, craziness, craze Derived forms: balloonacy, commission of lunacy Translations (state of being mad): лудост (ludost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 精神病 (jīngshénbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 神經病 (Chinese Mandarin), 神经病 (shénjīngbìng) (Chinese Mandarin), galskab [common-gender] (Danish), gekheid (Dutch), krankzinnigheid (Dutch), waanzin (Dutch), hulluus (Finnish), folie [feminine] (French), Verrücktheit [feminine] (German), Wahnsinn [masculine] (German), gealtachas [masculine] (Irish), pazzia [feminine] (Italian), ard-ommidjys [masculine] (Manx), वेड (veḍ) [neuter] (Marathi), galskap [masculine] (Norwegian), mōnaþsēocnes [feminine] (Old English), جنت (cinnet) (Ottoman Turkish), مجنونلق (mecnunluk) (Ottoman Turkish), Wonsenn [masculine] (Plautdietsch), obłęd [masculine] (Polish), niepoczytalność [feminine] (Polish), безу́мие (bezúmije) [neuter] (Russian), невменя́емость (nevmenjájemostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), помеша́тельство (pomešátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), сумасше́ствие (sumasšéstvije) [neuter] (Russian), умопомеша́тельство (umopomešátelʹstvo) [neuter] (Russian), locura [feminine] (Spanish), cinnet (Turkish), çılgınlık (Turkish), delilik (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'state of being mad': 50 50 1 Disambiguation of 'state of being mad': 50 50 1

Inflected forms

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        "of a person or group of people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The state of being mad, insanity",
        "insanity implying legal irresponsibility."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
        ],
        [
          "insanity",
          "insanity"
        ],
        [
          "irresponsibility",
          "irresponsibility"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person or group of people) The state of being mad, insanity",
        "insanity implying legal irresponsibility."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person or group of people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Something deeply misguided."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misguided",
          "misguided"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈluː.nə.si/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈljuː.nə.si/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈluː.nə.si/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/En-au-lunacy.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "insanity"
    },
    {
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "madness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "craziness"
    },
    {
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "craze"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ludost",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лудост"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīngshénbìng",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "精神病"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "神經病"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénjīngbìng",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "神经病"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "galskab"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "gekheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "krankzinnigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "waanzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "hulluus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "folie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verrücktheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wahnsinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gealtachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pazzia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ard-ommidjys"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "veḍ",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "वेड"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galskap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mōnaþsēocnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "cinnet",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "جنت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "mecnunluk",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "مجنونلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Wonsenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obłęd"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niepoczytalność"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezúmije",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "безу́мие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevmenjájemostʹ",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "невменя́емость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomešátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "помеша́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sumasšéstvije",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сумасше́ствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umopomešátelʹstvo",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "умопомеша́тельство"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "locura"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "cinnet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "çılgınlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being mad",
      "word": "delilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cyclical mental disease, apparently linked to the lunar phases",
      "word": "maanziekte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something deeply misguided",
      "word": "gekheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something deeply misguided",
      "word": "waanzin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something deeply misguided",
      "word": "hulluus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lunacy"
}

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