Madness and Rapture

Madness

Madness noun - A serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life.

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Rapture and madness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rapture" instead a noun "Madness".

Nearby Word: mad

Rapture noun - A state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion.

Usage example: in The Nutcracker Clara gazes in rapture as the Christmas tree grows before her very eyes

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Madness and rapture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Madness" instead a noun "Rapture".

pure	pure madness	pure rapture
fake	fake madness	fake rapture
true	true madness	true rapture
violent	violent madness	violent rapture
Other adjectives: ultimate, apparent.

One novel describes "Hyper-rapture", a form of madness caused by staring at hyperspace for too long; because of this, starships usually have windows that go opaque while in hyperspace.

Source: Hyperspace Is a Scary Place
You Have Failed Me: Judging from the surplus of corpses and ghost sequences, it seems that during the final phases of Rapture's descent into madness both feuding factions took a heavy-handed approach to discipline.

Source: Video Game / BioShock
Comment: I not sure there's anything left to say, the scientific madness of Aperture Science and the deranged lunacy of Rapture blend so easily and beautifully, you'd wish there was a real version to play.

Source: Fan Fic Recs / Portal

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