dementedness

noun

Definition of dementednessnext
as in obsession

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  1. obsession
  2. abnormality
  3. phobia
  4. senile dementia
  5. schizophrenia
  6. unsoundness
  7. delusion
Noun
  • Opening up about her first experience with negative body image, the 22-year-old musician shared in a cover story interview with Complex on Thursday, Dec. 5 that her obsession with Brandy Melville as a kid heavily impacted her self-image.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The film covers the prophesied pregnancy of Mary’s mother, Anne (Hilla Vidor), Mary’s time studying in Jerusalem and King Herod’s obsession with the foretold savior.
    Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of obsession
Noun
  • With advancing technology, screening for fetal abnormalities has galloped ahead, and the test behind the new study became widespread about 10 years ago.
    ByJennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Neither policy makes an exception for fatal fetal abnormalities, which is a focus of the lawsuit.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of abnormality
Noun
  • Khloé Kardashian, on the other hand, has been waiting much longer between piercings, and in that time has apparently developed a bit of a phobia.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Intrigued by shyness, Zimbardo founded the Stanford Shyness Clinic to uncover the roots of anxiety, panic and social phobia.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of phobia
Noun
  • Patients with vascular dementia had the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 — with odds more than three times higher — followed by patients with presenile dementia, senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and post-traumatic dementia.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Many suffered from senile dementia or other debilitating conditions, and the intent was to protect them from injury in accidental falls.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020
Definition of senile dementia
Noun
  • Each lawyer, then, in his or her own way, played a part in creating a caricature: Danny, the kid in a tough situation trying his best to do the right thing; Mr. Neely, that malodorous man with schizophrenia stoking passengers’ fears on the subway.
    Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • No one gene, however, determines one’s risk of developing schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of schizophrenia
Noun
  • In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness.
    Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2017
Definition of unsoundness
Noun
  • With scary precision, the playwright captures the delusion that roots itself in families who use faith to control.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Corcoran is under the paranoid delusion that prison guards are torturing him with sound waves.
    Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of delusion
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