Dictionary

insanity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈsænɪti/ (US)
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Etymology

A three-part word (root 'sane', prefix 'in-' meaning 'not', suffix '-ity', meaning 'the state of'). Derived from Latin precursory equivalents. Two possible candidates for construction order: * insane + -ity: īnsānus (“unhealthy; insane”) + -itās *: Latin īnsānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sānus (“sound, sane”). Modern forms of roots: in- + sane * in- + sanity: in- (“lacking; without”) + sānitās (“health; sanity”) *: Latin sānitās (“sound in mind; sane”), from sānus + -itās. Modern forms of roots: sane + -ity

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being insane; madness.
   • But the bed-side of Lady Marchmont had a darker lesson than the grave, the ravings of insanity revealed the fiery world of that beating and passionate heart. Ethel could only feel too fearful, too humbled, for judgment; but she wept, even while she prayed, beside her early friend. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Chamber of Death”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 271:
   • The defendant pleaded insanity in the hope of getting a reduced sentence.

Forms

Antonyms

sanity · mind · mental health · lucidness · saneness · buttons · sanity · marbles · lucidity · saneness

Coordinates

unsanity

Deriveds

masturbational insanity · Linsanity · masturbatory insanity

Hypernyms

condition · illness · disorder · state · deviance

Hyponyms

neurosis · disorganized schizophrenia · schizophrenia · mania · monomania · hebephrenia · macromania · hysteria · depression · dementia praecox · psychosis · manic depression · megalomania · bipolar disorder · paranoid schizophrenia

Meronyms

delusion · paramnesia · phrenesis · delirium · hallucination · obsession · dysphasia · amnesia · word salad · codependency · paranoia · catatonia · neolalia · catalepsy · dysphoria · formication · fugue state · palilalia · akathisia · heterolalia · schizophasia · acataphasia · idée fixe · echolalia · paresis · total recall · monophasia · hypermnesia · paresthesia · paraphasia · aphasia · glossolalia · paranomia

Relateds

psychopathology · pyromania · phobia · ecstasy · repression · mad person · psychasthenia · fixation · insane · hypochondriasis · addiction · anxiety · neurasthenia · behavioral crisis · hypochondria · complex · phrenitis · delusion of grandeur · kleptomania · lypemania · senility · nosomania · nympholepsy · maladjustment · general paresis of the insane · :Category:en:Clinical psychology · frenzy · dementia · malaise

Synonyms

madness · craze · unreason · bedlamism · insaneness · insanity · mental illness · mental disorder · brainsickness · unsanity · craziness · lune · lunacy · derangement

Translations (135)

la vēcordia (state of being insane) · pl niepoczytalność (state of being insane) · sq çmenduri (state of being insane) · nb sinnssykdom (state of being insane) · da galskab (state of being insane) · ur جُنُون (state of being insane) · bg безу́мие (state of being insane) · sw kichaa (state of being insane) · la īnsānia (state of being insane) · ms kegilaan (state of being insane) · ka სიგიჟე (state of being insane) · ko 광기 (state of being insane) · sh лу̏дост (state of being insane) · ps جنون (state of being insane) · la dēmentia (state of being insane) · cmn 瘋病 /疯病 (state of being insane) · ota دلیلك (state of being insane) · fa-ira دیوانِگی (state of being insane) · hy խելագարություն (state of being insane) · ro nebunie (state of being insane) · cs šílenství (state of being insane) · th ความวิกลจริต (state of being insane) · ceb kabuang (state of being insane) · kk жындылық (state of being insane) · sq marrëzi (state of being insane) · et vaimuhaigus (state of being insane) · sh lùdilo (state of being insane) · uz junun (state of being insane) · it pazzia (state of being insane) · lv vājprāts (state of being insane) · ru помеша́тельство (state of being insane) · uz jinnilik (state of being insane) · unm kpëcheonkëlëwakàn (state of being insane) · be шале́нства (state of being insane) · kk ессіздік (state of being insane) · ang wōdnes (state of being insane) · hi जुनून (state of being insane) · es locura (state of being insane) · ro insanitate (state of being insane) · da vanvid (state of being insane) · sv galenskap (state of being insane) · uk божеві́лля (state of being insane) · lt beprotybė (state of being insane) · el παραφροσύνη (state of being insane) · pt insanidade (state of being insane) · ja 精神異常 (state of being insane) · nb galskap (state of being insane) · ro alienare mintală (state of being insane) · tg ҷунун (state of being insane) · la vēsānia (state of being insane) · my ရူးသွပ်ခြင်း (state of being insane) · my စိတ္တဇနာ (state of being insane) · ota مجنونلق (state of being insane) · sh лу̀дило (state of being insane) · cmn 狂 (state of being insane) · id kesintingan (state of being insane) · pl obłąkanie (state of being insane) · pa ਪਾਗਲਪਣ (state of being insane) · cmn 精神錯亂 /精神错乱 (state of being insane) · az dəlilik (state of being insane) · prs دیوَانَگِی (state of being insane) · lo ຄວາມບ້າ (state of being insane) · bg ненорма́лност (state of being insane) · ms gila (state of being insane) · tg девонагӣ (state of being insane) · ro alienație mintală (state of being insane) · la īnsānitās (state of being insane) · mk лудило (state of being insane) · is geðveiki (state of being insane) · de Verrücktheit (state of being insane) · km ភាពឆ្កួត (state of being insane) · vi tính trạng điên (state of being insane) · es vesania (state of being insane) · nl krankzinnigheid (state of being insane) · prs جُنُون (state of being insane) · tl kabaliwan (state of being insane) · lv ārprāts (state of being insane) · arz جنون (state of being insane) · hu elmebaj (state of being insane) · ar جُنُون (state of being insane) · ky жиндилик (state of being insane) · pt loucura (state of being insane) · pdt Wonsenn (state of being insane) · ca bogeria (state of being insane) · eo frenezeco (state of being insane) · ca insanitat (state of being insane) · hil kabuang (state of being insane) · vi sự điên rồ (state of being insane) · my အရူး (state of being insane) · lv trakums (state of being insane) · es insania (state of being insane) · vi sự điên (state of being insane) · ru безу́мие (state of being insane) · bg лу́дост (state of being insane) · cy gorffwylltra (state of being insane) · ru умопомраче́ние (state of being insane) · de Wahnsinn (state of being insane) · sv vansinne (state of being insane) · is vitfirring (state of being insane) · ru умопомеша́тельство (state of being insane) · ru сумасше́ствие (state of being insane) · pl szaleństwo (state of being insane) · sh lȕdost (state of being insane) · ko 심신상실 (state of being insane) · et hullumeelsus (state of being insane) · sk šialenstvo (state of being insane) · tr cinnet (state of being insane) · kk ақылсыздық (state of being insane) · km ភាពឆ្កួតវង្វេង (state of being insane) · lt pamišimas (state of being insane) · lo ຄວາມບ້າຄລັ່ງ (state of being insane) · tr delilik (state of being insane) · az ağılsızlıq (state of being insane) · hi पागलपन (state of being insane) · da sindssyge (state of being insane) · id kegilaan (state of being insane) · te పిచ్చి (state of being insane) · pl obłęd (state of being insane) · ja 狂気 (state of being insane) · ro demență (state of being insane) · it follia (state of being insane) · my စိတ္တဇ (state of being insane) · th ความบ้า (state of being insane) · nl waanzin (state of being insane) · grc μανία (state of being insane) · ota جنت (state of being insane) · fi hulluus (state of being insane) · sl norost (state of being insane) · ga gealtacht (state of being insane) · fr folie (state of being insane) · fa-ira جُنون (state of being insane) · my ရူးမူးခြင်း (state of being insane) · ur پاگَل پَن (state of being insane) · vi sự điên loạn (state of being insane) · ps پاګلتوب (state of being insane)