DEMENTEDNESS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

dementedness

noun

as in obsession

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Noun

What makes brisket unique is that its price increase has coincided with an explosion in demand, driven by an almost cult-like obsession with barbecue over the past several years.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026
In Kris’ case, that obsession was with Camp Miasma, its tortured villain Little Death, and the oversexualized victims who ended up on the other end of Little Death’s spear, terrible sequel after terrible sequel.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of obsession

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Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Turns out that the star had quite the number of phobias to conquer.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of phobia

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An investigation found that Batt befriended Lineman, who had senile dementia and required a live-in aide to help her with all daily activities, according to the district attorney’s office.

— Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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

Definition of senile dementia

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But no one checked tickets, and only passengers were in the car when Brown, a 32-year-old homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia, is accused of stabbing Zarutska’s neck.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the killings and the near-fatal attack on the spree’s sole survivor, Kimberlee Guillory, at both his retrial and his initial 2025 murder trial.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

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Based on Alaïa Jade’s public reputation and the structural unsoundness of the bell tower, Smullen thinks an accidental death is likely.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
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

Definition of unsoundness

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