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
Vince’s exit arc was highlighted by the reconciliation with his father following Walter’s dementia diagnosis, which Vince initially found hard to accept.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
The Context The actor's family publicly shared his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in 2023 after previously revealing in March 2022 that he had been diagnosed with aphasia.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The condition ultimately progressed to frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Sounding the Alarm for Elder Justice The population of older adults is rapidly growing, and one in 10 experience abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation—a risk that is even higher for those living with dementia.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 Apr. 2025
The Context The actor's family publicly shared his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in 2023 after previously revealing in March 2022 that he had been diagnosed with aphasia.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The condition ultimately progressed to frontotemporal dementia in 2023.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Sounding the Alarm for Elder Justice The population of older adults is rapidly growing, and one in 10 experience abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation—a risk that is even higher for those living with dementia.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
Noun
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But Bob, who suffers from schizophrenia and anxiety, doesn't share Rogers' mental stability and strong moral compass.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Cotton suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder as well as asthma, and young Nazir Millien was severely autistic and disabled, said police sources.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to killing two people and grievously wounding a third over the space of five days in April and May 2023.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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However, on April 18, a judge in Fulton County Superior Court dropped the charges against Calabrese-Lewis, ordering that she should be declared not guilty by reason of insanity, citing her mental illness, according to the filing obtained by PEOPLE.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For much of the call, Mills leaned hard on federal deficit hysteria to justify spending cuts for essential public services his constituents rely on.—
Letters to the editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2025
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But here, Clooney has recast himself as journalistic hero Edward R. Murrow, who in the early 1950s defied U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and his efforts to stoke anti-communist hysteria through the media.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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From the foothills of the Berkshires arises a venerable strain of American madness, the poetry of hokum—the old weird America of medicine shows and travelling circuses and carnivals.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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The chaos has Americans and the world wondering whether there’s a method behind the apparent madness.—
Laurent Belsie,
Christian Science Monitor,
16 Apr. 2025
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Amid the economic instability and mass layoffs in the country, the American workforce is fed up with worrying on a daily basis about losing their jobs.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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With the current economic and global instability continuing to rock industries across the United States, the hospitality sector’s customer expectations have also evolved.—
Xandra Harbet,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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