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madness

[mad-nis] / ˈmæd nɪs /


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I barely understood it — to me, it functioned like a random madness machine.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

And it means that Stephen Colbert, one of the nation’s best vehicles for satirical critique, will no longer be on the air to make sense of the madness of the moment.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

There might be some method in that madness.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

"If you want the definition of madness, then this is no finer example of that," said its chair Liam Kelly.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“Do you remember last fall, in Julian’s class, when we studied what Plato calls telestic madness? Bakcheia? Dionysiac frenzy?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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