insanity

English

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- (“lacking; without”) +‎ sanitās (“health; sanity”)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsænɪti/

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Noun

insanity (countable and uncountable, plural insanities)

1. The state of being insane; madness.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insanity

Antonyms

• sanity

Related terms

• insane

Translations

state of being insane

• Albanian: marrëzi (sq)
• Arabic: الجنون

  Egyptian Arabic: جنون m (gunūn)

• Azerbaijani: ağılsızlıq (az)
• Bulgarian: лудост (bg) f (ludost), ненормалност (bg) f (nenormalnost)
• Catalan: insanitat f, bogeria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂 (zh) (kuáng), 瘋病／疯病 (zh) (fēngbìng), 疯病 (zh) (fēngbìng), 精神錯亂／精神错乱 (zh) (jīngshén cuòluàn), 精神错乱 (zh) (jīngshéncuòluàn)

• Czech: šílenství
• Danish: sindssyge c, galskab c, vanvid n
• Dutch: krankzinnigheid (nl)
• Esperanto: frenezeco
• Estonian: vaimuhaigus
• Finnish: hulluus (fi)
• French: folie (fr) f
• Georgian: სიგიჟე (sigiže)
• German: Wahnsinn (de) m
• Greek: παραφροσύνη (el) (parafrosýni)

  Ancient: μανία f (manía)

• Hungarian: elmebaj (hu)
• Indonesian: kesintingan (id)
• Italian: follia (it) f, pazzia (it) f
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• Japanese: 精神異常 (せいしん いじょう, seishin ijō), 狂気 (ja) (kyōki)
• Korean: 광기 (ko) (gwanggi)
• Latin: vēsānia f, insānia f, insānitās f, vēcordia f, dēmentia f
• Latvian: ārprāts, vājprāts m, trakums m
• Lithuanian: beprotis
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sinnssykdom (no) m

• Old English: wōdnes f
• Persian: دیوانگی (fa) (divânegi)
• Polish: obłęd (pl)
• Portuguese: insanidade f
• Romanian: nebunie (ro) f, insanitate (ro) f, demență (ro) f, alienație mintală (ro) f,, alienare mintală (ro) f
• Russian: безу́мие (ru) n (bezúmije), сумасше́ствие (ru) n (sumasšéstvije), помеша́тельство (ru) n (pomešátelʹstvo), умопомраче́ние (ru) n (umopomračénije) (temporary)
• Serbo-Croatian: лудило n, ludilo (sh) n
• Spanish: locura (es) f, insania, vesania (es)
• Swedish: galenskap (sv) c, vansinne (sv) n
• Tagalog: pagkasiraulo
• Telugu: పిచ్చి (te) (picci)
• Turkish: delılıq
• Vietnamese: tính trạng điên
• Welsh: gorffwylltra