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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dementedness
Noun
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Joe stammers a non-answer because his prose has turned more erotic than thriller thanks to his growing obsession with her.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025 -
Now, watch Gracie Abrams walk you through her 10-minute glowy face routine: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Those abnormalities are the arrhythmias: atrial fibrillation, bradyarrhythmias and ventricular arrhythmias.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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During an average follow-up of 13 years, nearly 1 in 10 participants developed heart rhythm abnormalities.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Social anxiety, also known as social phobia, is an intense fear of social situations.—
Michelle Pugle,
Verywell Health,
22 Jan. 2025
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According to research, the fear of flying is one of the most prevalent phobias in the world.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Age and Memory: The hippocampus plays an important role in memory and is one of the brain regions most affected by senile dementia.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 June 2017
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Patients with vascular dementia had the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 — with odds more than three times higher — followed by patients with presenile dementia, senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and post-traumatic dementia.—
Julie Washington,
cleveland,
3 Mar. 2021
Noun
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Bynes’ attorney denied that the former actor had been diagnosed with schizophrenia.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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This valuable data includes information from patients diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and other psychiatric illnesses.—
Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In looking back at the history of Emtech, the colt who suffered a catastrophic breakdown in Saturday’s eighth race, it was discovered that he was once placed on the Veterinarian’s List because of unsoundness.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Sep. 2019
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Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes near the Oroville Dam, because of the threat of imminent flooding due to structural unsoundness.—
Mercury News Readers,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2017
Noun
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Some might suggest that these delusions of grandeur are designed to tranquilize the nervous masses; regardless, the public obviously craves them.—
Lauren Stienstra,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Researchers noted the positive effects of ecstatic epilepsy and synthesized fifty-three theoretical models of delusion.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Dementedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementedness. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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