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, dementia

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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. Ken Albert:

   We're seeing increasing demand on adult protective services as a result of people with dementia not being able to get services, the stress on families trying to navigate care for their loved ones is just incredible.

2. Julia Gierasimow:

   I don't know if they remember me from week to week ... but they are very friendly, as bad as their dementia may be, they still give you a hug.

3. Judith Kasper:

   That overall picture of the footprint of caregiving to older adults that is attributable to dementia is the study's most important message.

4. Jim Colucci:

   People wonder if her dementia was beginning, even back then, estelle really had a panic about knowing her lines. She’d write them on props, and asked to read from cue cards in the later years.

5. Deborah Gustafson:

   So by mixing BMI measurements between the ages of 40 and 60, with those after the age of 60 and 65, you’re really looking at two different periods in the life course in relationship to dementia onset.