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insanity

/ɪnˈsænɪti/noun4 syllables

Insanity means: relatively permanent disorder of the mind.

Synonyms for insanity9

also used for insanity

bedlamism, brainsickness, craze, craziness, derangement, insaneness, lunacy, lune, madness

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Opposites of insanity

sanity

What does insanity mean?1

noun

1

relatively permanent disorder of the mind

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with insanity?3

three syllables

vanitysanity

four syllables

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Insanity in a sentence

  • Under communism, people have built stupidity upon insanity together.rul
  • The insanity of the situation made him laugh.Zifre
  • The defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity.darinmex
  • Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results.Scott
  • There's a fine line between genius and insanity.CK
  • Insanity means doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.fekundulo
  • Love is a temporary insanity curable by marriage.Hybrid
  • It can't be that everyone is participating in this insanity like bleating sheep!yue_dongchen

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of insanity

as a noun

plural
insanities