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
In conjunction with diminishing happiness potential, social isolation puts people at risk for dementia and chronic conditions like heart disease.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
In it, Jong-Fast brings readers into a transformative year grappling with her husband’s rare cancer diagnosis and mother’s spiraling dementia.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Familiar Touch could figure in Lead Actress for Broadway star Kathleen Chalfant’s astounding and devastating turn as a woman slipping into dementia and sent to live out her days in a nursing home.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Due to his battle with dementia, Wilson was placed under a conservatorship in February 2024, weeks after the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 July 2025
In it, Jong-Fast brings readers into a transformative year grappling with her husband’s rare cancer diagnosis and mother’s spiraling dementia.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2025
Familiar Touch could figure in Lead Actress for Broadway star Kathleen Chalfant’s astounding and devastating turn as a woman slipping into dementia and sent to live out her days in a nursing home.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Due to his battle with dementia, Wilson was placed under a conservatorship in February 2024, weeks after the death of his wife, Melinda Ledbetter Wilson.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
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This policy is particularly dangerous for people living with schizophrenia, a condition that can profoundly impair a person’s ability to function in daily life.—
Carali McLean,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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Recent research has looked at its potential benefits, in very low doses, for treatment of depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 June 2025
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Defense had planned to argue insanity Purdy’s trial had been scheduled to take place in July.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2025
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The trial was initially scheduled to begin three months ago but was delayed after Abril changed his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
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For the past few days, though, the internet has been gripped with Monterrey wall fever, the kind of mass hysteria that can really only take hold during the long, delirious advance of a summer tournament.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Trump’s ‘smoke and mirrors’ But the government has not signaled any sense of hysteria about Trump’s decision to hold off on a strike on Iran for two weeks.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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Eight is a cursed number, and this is the eighth day of madness.—
Fatemeh Shams
June 30,
Literary Hub,
30 June 2025
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Lee’s sensitive, evolving turn as Gi-hun — deeply human amid the madness, paranoia and murder set in bright green and pink surroundings — has made the character the ideal litmus test for Hwang’s critique of an economic system designed to produce titanic winners and losers who face annihilation.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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The duo, who started off as Hollywood actresses seen in films like Tyler Perry’s Duplicity and Lifetime’s The Wrong Cheerleader, share the joy of their ministry journey, which included bouts of mental instability and self-images issues.—
Anaja I. Smith,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025
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This week's snowfall was triggered by unusual atmospheric instability affecting northern Chile.—
María de los Ángeles Orfila,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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