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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
Occasionally, the threat of violence, often expressed through all-caps derangement.
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Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
30 Dec. 2025
President doubled down on criticism What is 'Trump derangement syndrome' about?
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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.
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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.
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M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Call this his civil-rights derangement syndrome.
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derangement
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Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been shown to lower blood pressure, boost good cholesterol, maintain cell health, and reduce the risk for cancer, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.
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Those who need it can also get behavioral health and dementia care.
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Following their return, the council later passed an immigration action plan and an ordinance restricting city property from civil immigration enforcement on a 9-0 vote, despite the disruption.
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Minimizing disruption to work or school is a priority, according to its website.
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Bland was obsessed with religion, but that did not amount to insanity, the prosecutor argued.
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Part of what drew him to the case, Burton said, was that many of the issues relevant then are still relevant today, like the death penalty, the use of the insanity defense, parole and rehabilitation.
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Golt could not say what the disturbance was about.
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However, in the eastern Pacific basin, a pair of tropical disturbances are being watched for possible development in the next several days far from land.
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It was judged to be some sort of mass hysteria.
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The virtual hysteria over the muskrat invasion resulted in Britain’s first legislation to target a non-native invasive species.
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Is this just a salary dump, or is there a method to the madness for the Wolves?
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Welcome to the Amazon Prime Day 2026 madness!
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Wendy Gledhill, Handy's partner and the mother of Michael Gledhill, reportedly told TMZ that her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and had stopped taking his medications the week before Handy died.
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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, according to the Mayo Clinic.
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The Civil War breaking out just a century later showcases why white supremacy and the subjugation of Black people and people of color have meant a certain level of instability for many American citizens since the very beginning.
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The catchphrase made famous by Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign springs to mind when considering the instability that seems to have become a feature of Britain’s political life.
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“Derangement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derangement. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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