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
Call this his civil-rights derangement syndrome.
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Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Age and bitterness appear to have compounded the narcissism and egomania to produce derangement.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
Age and bitterness appear to have compounded the narcissism and egomania to produce derangement.
—Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
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.
—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
Noun
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Her husband and Gali’s father Benni (Yossi Marshek) is in the advanced stages of early-onset dementia.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Stronger biological system function may help reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, dementia and some cancers.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Stockpiles Oil markets are no longer dealing with a flow disruption, but with a rapidly compounding stock shock, according to Kpler.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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Exactly how its effects will work through the economy is impossible to say, but serious disruption of one kind or another seems likely.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
Noun
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The chaotic family life was cited when Cary Stayner pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the tourists’ murders; he was found mentally fit to stand trial.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Call it a runner's high or insanity; the marathon takes just about everything a person can muster up physically and mentally.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Increasing heat and humidity could spark showers and storms Friday morning, but a better chance for more widespread storms arrives Friday night into Saturday as a stronger disturbance moves in, according to the weather service.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 May 2026
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Avoid spring pruning to let blooms fully develop and prevent unnecessary disturbance to the tree.—
Gemma Johnstone,
The Spruce,
11 May 2026
Noun
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People forget about the Monkeypox hysteria after COVID in 2023.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
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And that’s why there was a minor case of hysteria when Hillsborough County officials recently suggested the team’s June 1 deadline of finalizing the agreement would not likely be accommodated.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As artists are wont to do, the two descend into … madness?—
Elaina Patton,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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This time, of course, Rodgers is the one responsible for the melodrama, albeit a far tamer manifestation of it than the madness Favre generated in his final days in Green Bay.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Schizoaffective disorder is a mental health condition that is marked by a mix of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression, mania and a milder form of mania called hypomania, per the Mayo Clinic.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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During his first involuntary hospitalization, Fahim was diagnosed with schizophrenia and began taking an antipsychotic medication, evidence showed.—
Sean Emery,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Critics say the leadership upheaval signals unusual instability and raises concerns about whether agencies have sufficient scientific expertise to respond effectively to public health emergencies.—
Ali Swenson,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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From one perspective central banks are seen as political institutions that are often the source of macroeconomic instability; from another, the rule followed by the central bank is a fundamental parameter of the economy just like the size of the labor force or the available production technology.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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