Genius is only one remove from insanity.
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Insanity
//ɪnˈsænɪti//
Synonyms for "insanity" (152 found)
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irrationalityirresponsibilitylunacymaladjustmentmaniamanic-depressive psychosismelancholiamental defectivenessmental deficiencymental derangementmental disordermental handicapmental illnessmental retardationmindlessnessmongolianismmongolismmongoloid idiocymoronismmoronity
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nervous breakdownnervous disorderneurosisniaiserienonsensenugacitynuttinessparanoiapersonality disorderperturbationpossessionpreposterousnessproblems in livingprofound idiocypsychoneurosispsychopathypsychosisqueernessreactionretardationretardmentsappinessschizophreniascrewinesssenselessnessshufflingsick mindsicknesssillinesssimple-wittednesssimplemindednesssimplenesssimplicitysocial maladjustmentstrangenessstupiditysubnormalitythoughtlessnesstriflingnesstrivialityunbalanceunreasonablenesswackinessweirdnesswitlessnesszaninesszanyism
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89 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- marrëzi noun (state of being insane)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μανία noun (state of being insane)
Arabic
2 entries- جنون noun (state of being insane)
- جُنُون noun (state of being insane)
Armenian
1 entries- խելագարություն noun (state of being insane)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- ağılsızlıq noun (state of being insane)
- dəlilik noun (state of being insane)
Belarusian
1 entries- шале́нства noun (state of being insane)
Bulgarian
3 entries- безу́мие noun (state of being insane)
- лу́дост noun (state of being insane)
- ненорма́лност noun (state of being insane)
Catalan
2 entries- bogeria noun (state of being insane)
- insanitat noun (state of being insane)
Cebuano
1 entries- kabuang noun (state of being insane)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 狂 noun (state of being insane)
- 瘋病 /疯病 noun (state of being insane)
- 精神錯亂 /精神错乱 noun (state of being insane)
Czech
1 entries- šílenství noun (state of being insane)
Danish
3 entries- galskab noun (state of being insane)
- sindssyge noun (state of being insane)
- vanvid noun (state of being insane)
Dutch
2 entries- krankzinnigheid noun (state of being insane)
- waanzin noun (state of being insane)
Esperanto
1 entries- frenezeco noun (state of being insane)
Estonian
2 entries- hullumeelsus noun (state of being insane)
- vaimuhaigus noun (state of being insane)
Finnish
1 entries- hulluus noun (state of being insane)
French
1 entries- folie noun (state of being insane)
Georgian
1 entries- სიგიჟე noun (state of being insane)
German
1 entries- Wahnsinn noun (state of being insane)
Greek
1 entries- παραφροσύνη noun (state of being insane)
Hiligaynon
1 entries- kabuang noun (state of being insane)
Hungarian
1 entries- elmebaj noun (state of being insane)
Indonesian
1 entries- kesintingan noun (state of being insane)
Italian
2 entries- follia noun (state of being insane)
- pazzia noun (state of being insane)
Japanese
2 entries- 狂気 noun (state of being insane)
- 精神異常 noun (state of being insane)
Korean
1 entries- 광기 noun (state of being insane)
Latin
4 entries- dēmentia noun (state of being insane)
- vēcordia noun (state of being insane)
- vēsānia noun (state of being insane)
- īnsānia noun (state of being insane)
Latvian
3 entries- trakums noun (state of being insane)
- vājprāts noun (state of being insane)
- ārprāts noun (state of being insane)
Lithuanian
2 entries- beprotybė noun (state of being insane)
- pamišimas noun (state of being insane)
Macedonian
1 entries- лудило noun (state of being insane)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- galskap noun (state of being insane)
- sinnssykdom noun (state of being insane)
Old English
1 entries- wōdnes noun (state of being insane)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- جنت noun (state of being insane)
- مجنونلق noun (state of being insane)
Persian
1 entries- دیوانگی noun (state of being insane)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Wonsenn noun (state of being insane)
Polish
2 entries- niepoczytalność noun (state of being insane)
- obłęd noun (state of being insane)
Portuguese
2 entries- insanidade noun (state of being insane)
- loucura noun (state of being insane)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪਾਗਲਪਣ noun (state of being insane)
Romanian
4 entries- alienare mintală noun (state of being insane)
- alienație mintală noun (state of being insane)
- demență noun (state of being insane)
- insanitate noun (state of being insane)
Russian
4 entries- безу́мие noun (state of being insane)
- помеша́тельство noun (state of being insane)
- сумасше́ствие noun (state of being insane)
- умопомраче́ние noun (state of being insane)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lùdilo noun (state of being insane)
- lȕdost noun (state of being insane)
- лу̀дило noun (state of being insane)
- лу̏дост noun (state of being insane)
Slovak
1 entries- šialenstvo noun (state of being insane)
Slovene
1 entries- norost noun (state of being insane)
Spanish
3 entries- insania noun (state of being insane)
- locura noun (state of being insane)
- vesania noun (state of being insane)
Swedish
2 entries- galenskap noun (state of being insane)
- vansinne noun (state of being insane)
Tagalog
1 entries- kabaliwan noun (state of being insane)
Tajik
1 entries- девонагӣ noun (state of being insane)
Telugu
1 entries- పిచ్చి noun (state of being insane)
Turkish
1 entries- delılıq noun (state of being insane)
Ukrainian
1 entries- божеві́лля noun (state of being insane)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tính trạng điên noun (state of being insane)
Welsh
1 entries- gorffwylltra noun (state of being insane)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I don't suffer from insanity - I enjoy it!
Source: tatoeba (403598)
The insanity of the situation made him laugh.
Source: tatoeba (664062)
The defendant was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Source: tatoeba (673251)
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