Synonyms for dementia
dɪˈmɛn ʃə, -ʃi əde·men·ti·a

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1. dementia

   Of these terms insanity is the most exact and comprehensive, including in its widest sense all morbid conditions of mind due to diseased action of the brain or nervous system, but in its more frequent restricted use applied to those forms in which the mental disorder is persistent, as distinguished from those in which it is temporary or transient. Craziness is a vague popular term for any sort of disordered mental action, or for conduct suggesting it. Lunacy originally denoted intermittent insanity, supposed to be dependent on the changes of the moon (Latin luna): the term is now applied in general and legal use to any form of mental unsoundness except idiocy. Madness is the old popular term, now less common, for insanity in its widest sense, but with suggestion of excitement, akin to mania. In the derived sense, lunacy denotes what is insanely foolish, madness what is insanely desperate. Derangement is a common euphemism for insanity. Delirium is always temporary, and is specifically the insanity of disease, as in acute fevers. Dementia is a general weakening of the mental powers: the word is specifically applied to senile insanity, dotage. Aberration is eccentricity of mental action due to an abnormal state of the perceptive faculties, and is manifested by error in perceptions and rambling thought. Hallucination is the apparent perception of that which does not exist or is not present to the senses, as the seeing of specters or of reptiles in delirium tremens. Monomania is mental derangement as to one subject or object. Frenzy and mania are forms of raving and furious insanity. Compare synonyms for DELUSION; IDIOCY.

   Synonyms:
   aberration, alienation, craziness, delirium, derangement, frenzy, hallucination, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, monomania

   Antonyms:
   clearness, good sense, lucidity, rationality, sanity

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1. dementia, dementednessnoun

   mental deterioration of organic or functional origin

   Synonyms:
   dementedness

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1. • Insanity

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1. dementianoun

   Synonyms:
   [L.] (Med.) idiocy, insanity, loss of intellect

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1. List of paraphrases for "dementia":

   insanity, madness

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1. David Cassidy:

   I have liver disease, there is no sign of me having dementia at this stage of my life. It was complete alcohol poisoning.

2. Julie Centrella:

   Joe also learns about their background, and who and what they were before their dementia diagnosis.

3. Bryan Stevenson:

   Prisoners with dementia or severe mental illness are extremely vulnerable, that the court has recognized that they cannot be subject to abusive or cruel treatment under the Eighth Amendment is enormously important if our system is going to function in a humane and just manner.

4. Producer John Marks:

   There weren’t any bottles around, we could see he was having a hard time getting around. We knew that years on the road, or at least what we were told, had taken its toll on him. But when he actually came into the studio, he was there to work. And when he was no longer able to work, when he just felt too much pain, was exhausted, or his voice couldn’t get there, we shut down the session. There wasn’t any erratic, drunken behavior off-screen… He seemed convinced dementia was his problem.

5. Rosebud Roberts:

   Everyone is affected by Alzheimer's and dementia. To know that we can do something now makes a big impact. We can actually help ourselves.