dementation

noun

de·​men·​ta·​tion

ˌdē(ˌ)menˈtāshən

plural -s

archaic

: the process of dementing or state of being demented

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin dementation-, dementatio, from dementatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

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