Dementia Synonyms

dĭ-mĕnshə
Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. insanity
  2. mental deterioration
  3. loss of one's faculties
  4. dementedness
  5. madness
Serious mental illness or disorder impairing a person's capacity to function normally and safely
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mental illness
  2. brainsickness
  3. craziness
  4. derangement
  5. disturbance
  6. insaneness
  7. insanity
  8. lunacy
  9. madness
  10. psychopathy
  11. unbalance
  12. mania
  13. aberration
  14. alienation

Words Related to Dementia

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Dementia Sentence Examples

  • An older man with dementia left to rot and finally die in an old folks' home.

  • In the wider context, dementia services need to be considered.

  • Dementia is caused by changes in the brain.

  • Genetics Approximately 50% of reported cases of frontotemporal degeneration are found to have a family history of dementia.

  • The book was launched to coincide with the Bradford Dementia Group's ten-year anniversary.

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