insanity

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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": insānus (“unhealthy; insane”) +‎ -itās

  Latin insānus (“unsound in mind; mad, insane”), from in- + sanus (“sound, sane”). Modern forms of roots: in- + sane

• "in- + sanity": in- (“healthy; sane”) +‎ sanitās.

  Latin sanitās (“sound in mind; sane”), from sānus (“healthy; sane”) +‎ -itās. Modern forms of roots: sane + -ity

Noun

Wikipedia insanity (countable and uncountable; plural insanities)

1. The state of being insane; madness.

Antonyms

• sanity

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:insanity

Related terms

• insane

Translations

state of being insane

Albanian: marrëzi Arabic: الجنون Azerbaijani: ağılsızlıq Bulgarian: душевна (bg) (dushevna) Chinese: Mandarin: 狂 (cmn) (kuáng), 瘋病 (cmn), 疯病 (cmn) (fēngbìng), 精神錯亂 (cmn), 精神错乱 (cmn) (jīngshéncuòluàn) Croatian: ludilo (hr) Czech: šílenství (cs) Danish: sindssyge (da) c., galskab (da) c., vanvid (da) n. Dutch: krankzinnigheid (nl) Esperanto: frenezeco Estonian: vaimuhaigus Filipino: pagkasiraulo Finnish: hulluus (fi) French: folie (fr) f. Georgian: სიგიჟე (sigizhe) German: Wahnsinn (de) Greek: παραφροσύνη (paraphrosýnē) Hungarian: elmebaj (hu)

Indonesian: gila (id) Italian: follia (it) f. Japanese: 精神異常 (せいしん いじょう) (seishin ijō) Korean: 광기 (goanggi) Latvian: ārprāts Lithuanian: beprotis Norwegian: sinnssykdom (no) Persian: ديوانگى Polish: obłęd Portuguese: insanidade f. Romanian: demență f., alienație mintală (ro) f., nebunie (ro) f. Russian: безумие (ru) (bezúmije) n. Serbian: лудило (sr) (ludilo) Spanish: locura (es) Swedish: sinnessjukdom Telugu: పిచ్చి (pichchi) Turkish: delılıq Vietnamese: tính trạng điên Welsh: gorffwylltra Yiddish: meshugas