DERANGEMENT Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

derangement

noun

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 The facts of his biography, no matter how outrageous, could not possibly explain the sheer derangement of his output. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 Occasionally, the threat of violence, often expressed through all-caps derangement. — 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 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

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Noun

Untreated hearing loss is associated with a higher risk of developing dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 3 Nov. 2026
Some sympathized about the dementia struggle, many others expressed hope of a future business.

— Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of dementia

Noun

Elsewhere, Finnish Kesko supermarket, Irish grocery chain Supervalu and Estonian grocer One Selver also reported disruptions to their refrigeration systems.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
But the twice-yearly time change can have effects beyond adjusting the clocks, including disruptions to the body's internal rhythm.

— Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of disruption

Noun

Gary Griggs, a geologist at UC Santa Cruz, said the elevated water levels are linked to El Niño conditions and ocean disturbances known as Kelvin waves.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Sleep disturbances are common in depression, and night owls (who tend to get less sleep than early birds) are likely to have more and worse depressive symptoms.

— Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of disturbance

Noun

The sinister presence torments the family, and when their two-year-old suddenly vanishes, fear spirals into hysteria and paranoia as the family confronts a terrifying force that has turned their connected world against them.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
Arizona was in the throes of anti-immigrant hysteria in 2010.

— Michael Kiefer, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of hysteria

Noun

Some went as far as likening the outage to life in prehistoric times or descending into madness.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2026
Republican states, beginning with Texas, started this madness, and other states, both Democrat and Republican, followed like sheep.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of madness

Noun

Ultimately, these tools could yield discoveries about the brain and potentially even treatments for psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

— Simon Makin, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Sources confirmed to Rolling Stone that he had been treated for schizophrenia before his parents’ deaths.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of schizophrenia

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki is focusing on negotiations with the United States over troop placement in his country, seeking the reassurance of an ally’s presence amid unprecedented instability and opposition from technocrats in Brussels.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
Increasing Gulf moisture and instability across portions of Northwest Texas are creating an environment favorable for strong to severe storms.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of instability

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