giddiness has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] an impulsive scatterbrained manner

Synonyms

silliness

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Not through fear of disobeying orders , as Eichmann kept trying to explain , but through a peculiar giddiness that began in a half acceptance of the vicious absurdities contained in the Nazi interpretation of history and grew with each of Hitler 's victories into a permanent light_mindedness and sense of magical rightness that was able to respond to any proposal , and the more outrageous the better , `` Well , let 's try it '' .

Related terms

frivolity lightsomeness

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[ noun ] (medicine) a reeling sensation; feeling about to fall

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symptom

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