APA Dictionary of Psychology
lunacy
- n.
- an obsolete name for any mental illness.
- in legal use, an obsolete name for mental incompetence or legal insanity.
- the theory that some forms of mental illness correspond with the phases of the moon. See also moon-phase studies. —lunatic adj., n.
Updated on 04/19/2018
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