apparent madness
Frequency: 5.54.2 per million words
Describing behavior or a situation that seems crazy or irrational on the surface.
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- The apparent madness of the plan became clear once we understood the hidden motive.
- Despite the apparent madness of his actions, he was actually quite calculated.
- There was a method to what first looked like apparent madness.
- The apparent madness of the market fluctuations worried the investors.
- She looked at the chaos around her and sighed at the apparent madness of the situation.
- To an outsider, their ritual might seem like apparent madness.
- The decision to launch the product now was seen by many as apparent madness.
- Behind the apparent madness of the artist's studio lay a strict creative order.
- The general's strategy was initially dismissed as apparent madness by his peers.
- History often reveals a reason behind what at the time was considered apparent madness.