lunacies
Acts of insanity
Lunacies is the plural of lunacy—instances of insanity or extreme foolishness.
The word traces to the old belief that the moon (Latin *luna*) caused madness.
Today it usually describes absurd or irrational behavior rather than clinical mental illness: the lunacies of bureaucracy, What fresh lunacies will the committee propose next?
Severe mental illness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
- maniaIntense, consuming obsession
hysteria · delusion · hallucination · dementia · paranoia · crazed · unhinged · disturbed
Violent disorder and destruction
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- havocWidespread destruction and chaos
upheaval · tumult · disarray · maelstrom · riot · shambles · madhouse · wild
Unwise acts or fanciful structures
- absurditiesUtterly senseless notions
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
- stupidityLack of intelligence
ridiculousness · tomfoolery · buffoonery · inanity · preposterousness · fatuity · imprudence · harebrained
Unusual individual traits
- odditiesUnusual or strange things
- peculiaritiesDistinctive odd characteristics
- idiosyncrasiesIndividual behavioral peculiarities
- whimsiesFanciful, passing notions
bizarreness · outlandishness · zaniness · kookiness · unconventionality · nonconformity · aberrations · anomalies
insanity
Severe mental illness
- derangementDisturbed mental state
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- deliriumAcute mental disorientation
mania · hysteria · delusion · hallucination · dementia · paranoia · crazed · unhinged · disturbed · frenzy
mayhem
Violent disorder and destruction
- pandemoniumState of utter confusion
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
havoc · upheaval · tumult · disarray · maelstrom · riot · shambles · madhouse · wild · uproar
follies
Unwise acts or fanciful structures
- absurditiesUtterly senseless notions
- nonsenseMeaningless words or actions
- sillinessFrivolous, absurd behavior
stupidity · ridiculousness · tomfoolery · buffoonery · inanity · preposterousness · fatuity · imprudence · harebrained · unwisdom
quirks
Unusual individual traits
- odditiesUnusual or strange things
- peculiaritiesDistinctive odd characteristics
- idiosyncrasiesIndividual behavioral peculiarities
whimsies · bizarreness · outlandishness · zaniness · kookiness · unconventionality · nonconformity · aberrations · anomalies · caprices
lunaciessanities
Mental soundness, pluralized
sanity · rationality · mental health · reason · lucidity
lunacieswisdom
Good judgment from experience
prudence · sagacity · good sense · reasonableness · sensibleness