derangement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for derangement
Noun
  • Emma then revealed Bruce's frontotemporal dementia diagnosis in February 2023.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Caring for someone with dementia is extremely demanding and not a one-person job.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Cuts will impact Africa particularly due to staff layoffs and disruptions in treatment, which could cause TB rates to rise, the organization said.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • That business strategy became known as the China Plus One, evolving into China Plus Many as companies expanded their sourcing capabilities to counter supply chain disruptions.
    Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Smith’s attorneys argued that he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, records show.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Despite his confession, Moseley pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity at the trial for Kitty's slaying.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The source of the disturbance was just over a mile deep, experts say.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2025
  • According to a spokesman from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which investigated the shooting, Independence police responded to a disturbance around 8 p.m. at a home in the 800 block of E. College Street in Independence.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • We should not be caught up in the hysteria and external pressures distracting us from our path.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
  • In 19th-century Paris at the Salpêtrière Hospital, patients were hypnotized onstage to reproduce the symptoms of hysteria for public audiences.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The peaceful scene of pandas resting in a meadow is quickly disturbed by Jack Black, Jason Momoa, and Sebastian Hansen hurtling to the ground at full speed with a bucket of video-game accurate water, and from there, all kinds of madness ensues.
    Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
  • And when her brother-in-law, Stanley (Marlon Brando), rapes her, her descent into madness was made all the more vivid and believable by Leigh's precise depiction of vulnerability and instability.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But autism isn’t a mental illness, and neither Ohio’s nor Kentucky’s laws apply to people with autism, instead listing diagnoses of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder and delusional disorder as possible exemptions.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Odell was so easy to gaslight and discredit, but the facts of her body, and of the child, could not be denied.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The decline of global wine sales over the last three years is showing no signs of stopping, and the current economic instability pritendd an even gloomier outlook.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Tariff Strategy Sparks Backlash Market instability has been linked to Trump's aggressive trade policies, including new tariffs on Canadian metals.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Derangement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derangement. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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