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
While researching for the film, Reinhart completed several weeks of training as a dementia caregiver.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
The horrible disease frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is proof of this.
—Massimo Pigliucci, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The action star’s family announced that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTP, in 2023.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
By February 2023, Willis’ family revealed his diagnosis had been updated to frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
—Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dementia
Marta Balaga, Variety, 29 Jan. 2026
The horrible disease frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is proof of this.
—Massimo Pigliucci, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The action star’s family announced that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, or FTP, in 2023.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
By February 2023, Willis’ family revealed his diagnosis had been updated to frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
—Jami Ganz, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dementia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
Noun
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The current edition, DSM-5-TR, contains more than 300 distinct mental disorders such as schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder and alcohol use disorder.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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But providers might not have enough information available to make a correct diagnosis; an emergency room doctor treating someone experiencing a psychotic episode likely doesn’t have the capacity to know if their diagnosis should be schizophrenia, bipolar I or something else.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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What’s that old saying about the definition of insanity.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
25 Jan. 2026
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In that case, Bojeh was found not guilty by reason of insanity and later released under conditional supervision.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Or perhaps that is the concern conjured by the hysteria of Y2K—with its fads of fears pumped by a skepticism over technology and wars people could not hold so freshly after the recession of the early 1990s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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However, after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria spread across the United States.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Set into motion by an innocuous wish, the James family is forced to explore their generational differences, intra-marital conflicts, raging hormones, and professional anxieties, in a complicated web of body-swapping madness.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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The documentary focuses on the inhabitants of Antarctica, and captures an apparent moment of madness within a colony of Adélie penguins, who endure scathingly harsh conditions in the icy wasteland.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Agreeing to terms, then revisiting them repeatedly, signals instability.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Turkish officials have expressed concern that intervention in Iran could spark instability or trigger a refugee influx.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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