1
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
Occasionally, the threat of violence, often expressed through all-caps derangement.
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Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
Call this his civil-rights derangement syndrome.
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Howard L. Simon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
Age and bitterness appear to have compounded the narcissism and egomania to produce derangement.
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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.
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Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
Boycotting the Arts to show you support the Arts is a form of derangement syndrome.
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Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
30 Dec. 2025
President doubled down on criticism What is 'Trump derangement syndrome' about?
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Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
16 Dec. 2025
Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
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Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 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.
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M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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
Teddy’s reasoning is a confusion of save-the-world alarmism, garden-variety derangement, unhealed trauma, and single-minded revenge.
—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for derangement
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The lifetime cost of dementia care alone now exceeds $400,000 per person.
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However, the study was observational and does not prove that caffeine directly prevents dementia.
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The Georgia Department of Public Health was able to use state funds to maintain its AIDS Drug Assistance Program without disruption until federal funds arrived, a spokeswoman for the agency said.
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In this current era of AI disruption and geopolitical uncertainty, there seems to be another gendered pattern in the workplace coming to light.
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Piggott was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a trial held a year later.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is calling for the impeachment of the Miami-Dade judge who acquitted a woman by reason of insanity in the 2021 death of her 15-month-old daughter, arguing the ruling threatens public safety.
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Even tiny electromagnetic disturbances can disrupt the quantum states that perform calculations, reducing the accuracy and reliability of the system.
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However, about 15 minutes into the flight, a pilot reported a passenger disturbance to air traffic control.
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And the hysteria over the centers seemed to be not as much about freedom, or competing educational philosophies, or politics at all, as about an ever-shrinking pot of money.
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From causing supernatural events to creating hysteria, our orbiting nightlight has always had legends and folktales written about it.
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In the midst of the final stretch of World Cup madness, here are eight shows happening in Kansas City in July.
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Either Cody or Gunther wins because Sami gets screwed; Zayn will then further descend into madness and attack someone after the bell.
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But their loving, attentive mother soon began displaying signs of schizophrenia.
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After Nijinsky began to show signs of schizophrenia, this mask, or persona, grew disturbed.
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Peruvians voted in favor of Fujimori amid a surge in violent crime, extortion and years of political instability.
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Leaders are facing a range of barriers to growth in 2026, including cybersecurity threats (58%), regulations and corporate tax rates (43%), inflation (42%), geopolitical instability (40%), and supply chain issues (35%).
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“Derangement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derangement. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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