as in schizophrenia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
doctors were able to treat the patient's dementia with drugs and thus allow him to function on his own
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Recent Examples of dementia
The cause of her death, at a memory care facility, was complications of dementia, said her daughter, Jackie Chancey.
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Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The man was experiencing sundown syndrome—a worsening of dementia symptoms that generally occurs in the late afternoon and evening.
—Cathy Habas, SELF, 17 Jan. 2025
Shannon Amos was not able to provide documentation of a diagnosis of dementia.
—Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Heming Willis, who has become a vocal advocate for the caregiver community since Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, also posted a tribute to Moore on her Instagram stories.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
The man was experiencing sundown syndrome—a worsening of dementia symptoms that generally occurs in the late afternoon and evening.
—Cathy Habas, SELF, 17 Jan. 2025
Shannon Amos was not able to provide documentation of a diagnosis of dementia.
—Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
Heming Willis, who has become a vocal advocate for the caregiver community since Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, also posted a tribute to Moore on her Instagram stories.
—Luke Chinman, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
Noun
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The police said that the stranger was Waldo Mejia, a man with a history of schizophrenia.—
Lola Fadulu,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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There have been some studies suggesting that GLP-1 medications reduce symptoms of schizophrenia in animals.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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This insanity aside, allowing states to override federal enforcement priorities guarantees that the federal government will have to release or fail to arrest serious criminals to make way for peaceful people targeted by states with aggressive attorneys general.—
David J Bier,
Orange County Register,
19 Jan. 2025
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Toward the end of his frenetic set, though, DaBaby doubled down on the insanity.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2025
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Also deeply familiar is the tabloid hysteria, which has since become our universal ALL-CAPS way of communicating.—
Glynnis MacNicol,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2025
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Ellen is a more passive counterpart to Thomasin, the teenage heroine played by fellow big-eyed blonde Anya Taylor-Joy in The Witch, in that she’s also been pathologized by the strictures of her era, her psychic sensitivities interpreted by those around her as signs of hysteria or mental illness.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
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Amid the madness and tension of the most recent presidential-election campaign, a wild form of clickbait video started flying around the political internet.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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That includes hunting and other kinds of macho madness that Blake rebels against, a divide that never really got healed and a father/son bond that was completely broken when Grady simply disappeared.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
15 Jan. 2025
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Each year the dealmaking seems to take longer in this age of streaming and theatrical instability.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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The retreat significantly weakened the U.S.'s position in international climate negotiations and sent a signal of instability to other countries.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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