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
His son, Christopher Gergen, confirmed the death occurred Thursday and said the cause was Lewy body dementia, a brain disease that causes symptoms similar to Parkinson’s.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
Living in familiar surroundings can make difficult illnesses, natural aging or dementia somewhat easier to handle.
—Newsweek Rankings, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Donat plays Roy Gunderson, a local struggling with dementia.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 2025
An aging population means rural areas tend to have a larger percentage of residents with chronic disease, such as dementia, heart disease, respiratory illness and diabetes.
—Lori Hunter, The Conversation, 8 July 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
Living in familiar surroundings can make difficult illnesses, natural aging or dementia somewhat easier to handle.
—Newsweek Rankings, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Donat plays Roy Gunderson, a local struggling with dementia.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 July 2025
An aging population means rural areas tend to have a larger percentage of residents with chronic disease, such as dementia, heart disease, respiratory illness and diabetes.
—Lori Hunter, The Conversation, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementia
Noun
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One scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health tells Aviv that the figure may be between one and five per cent of schizophrenia patients.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Bittner had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and not competent to stand trial in a previous evaluation, the outlet reported, citing court documents.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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Way was nothing short of a force of nature in the role, bringing a mix of mania, terror and insanity to a character that felt straight out of the comic books he’s written.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
21 July 2025
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Kraepelin hoped that schizophrenia would eventually reveal itself to be a disease like neurosyphilis, which was then responsible for a large portion of the cases of insanity in psychiatry wards.—
Rachel Aviv,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Her hysteria frightens me and demands to be taken care of.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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The media is already gearing up their midterm hysteria.—
Brilyn Hollyhand,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Mid-season madness has officially started for the Colorado Rapids, less than a week before the MLS secondary transfer window opens.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
19 July 2025
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Will the young girl in Horas Extras succumb to total madness?—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
17 July 2025
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Pakistan is grappling with economic volatility, regional instability, and fraying alliances.—
Jack Rosen,
New York Daily News,
21 July 2025
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Without firm protections or clarity on future reimbursement, this budget sets up another round of fiscal instability for institutions that cannot afford to operate on hope and verbal commitments.—
Heather Somers,
Hartford Courant,
20 July 2025
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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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