1
as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
given powerful drugs to treat his derangement
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as in disruption
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the derangement of the carefully organized event by a single freak accident
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Recent Examples of derangement
Now, after having been canceled and reborn, the show has lost its signature sense of derangement, and there’s something a little sad about that.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Boycotting the Arts to show you support the Arts is a form of derangement syndrome.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
President doubled down on criticism What is 'Trump derangement syndrome' about?
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The great derangement The Indian government has ignored numerous pleas to reconsider and abandon the project and instead moved to change the facts on the ground.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Tourism is a wonderful spectacle of mass derangement.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
Boycotting the Arts to show you support the Arts is a form of derangement syndrome.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2025
President doubled down on criticism What is 'Trump derangement syndrome' about?
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
The great derangement The Indian government has ignored numerous pleas to reconsider and abandon the project and instead moved to change the facts on the ground.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Tourism is a wonderful spectacle of mass derangement.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derangement
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After four years of caretaking, my mom passed away from dementia.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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Preliminary research released by the American Academy of Neurology in February also found a link between regularly getting moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and a lower risk of developing dementia.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
23 Jan. 2026
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But with the right approach, this disruption can become a catalyst for building a more resilient, intentional and meaningful career.—
Cynthia Pong,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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As crews work to repair lines and respond to power outages quickly in the DFW area, officials are urging customers to monitor weather alerts and potential service disruptions.—
Briauna Brown,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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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
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Drinking has been found to increase the risk of many cancers, metabolic dysfunction, gut microbiome disturbances and mitochondrial toxins, Hyman said.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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However, these components proved too vulnerable to the extreme conditions, including intense shock waves and aerodynamic disturbances at low altitudes.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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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
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Shares have been on a tear despite no new updates on expanding the company's schizophrenia drug, Cobenfy, to treat Alzheimer's — a key to our investment thesis.—
Paulina Likos,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
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Medical experts testified at trial to his diagnosis of schizophrenia.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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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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“Derangement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derangement. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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