CRAZINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does craziness mean? 

• CRAZINESS (noun)
  The noun CRAZINESS has 3 senses:

1. informal terms for insanity

2. the quality of being rash and foolish

3. foolish or senseless behavior

  Familiarity information: CRAZINESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAZINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for insanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

craziness; daftness; flakiness

Hypernyms ("craziness" is a kind of...):

insanity (relatively permanent disorder of the mind)

Derivation:

crazy (affected with madness or insanity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being rash and foolish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

craziness; folly; foolishness; madness

Context example:

adjusting to an insane society is total foolishness

Hypernyms ("craziness" is a kind of...):

stupidity (a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience)

Derivation:

crazy (intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Foolish or senseless behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

craziness; folly; foolery; indulgence; lunacy; tomfoolery

Hypernyms ("craziness" is a kind of...):

caper; frolic; gambol; play; romp (gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "craziness"):

meshugaas; mishegaas; mishegoss ((Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity)

buffoonery; clowning; frivolity; harlequinade; japery; prank (acting like a clown or buffoon)

Derivation:

crazy (possessed by inordinate excitement)

crazy (foolish; totally unsound)