derangement

noun

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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2
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 There is no national mood, just a mélange of anomie, distaste, and derangement. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 5 July 2026 Occasionally, the threat of violence, often expressed through all-caps derangement. — 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 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
  1. dementia
  2. disruption
  3. insanity
  4. disturbance
  5. hysteria
  6. madness
  7. schizophrenia
  8. instability
Noun
  • Researchers noted that many cases of dementia were not captured on death certificates, suggesting the burden of neurodegenerative disease among former players may be underestimated.
    — Dr. Onaola Adedeji, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Among Americans over the age of 55, the lifetime risk of eventually developing any form of dementia is 42%, one study published last year in the journal Nature Medicine found.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of dementia
Noun
  • Indonesia has pledged to keep subsidized fuel prices unchanged through 2026, which may strain the budget if oil prices rise again due to supply disruptions or a worsening of military confrontations.
    — Celestine Iyer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The move came Monday amid growing economic pressure and public frustration being felt in Russia after months of escalating Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and e-commerce hubs that have caused nationwide disruptions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of disruption
Noun
  • Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to three counts of murder in the killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • While known as lacking criminal responsibility under Massachusetts law, the defense is more commonly referred to as not guilty by reason of insanity.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of insanity
Noun
  • This mosquito is more associated with human disturbance including containers left out in people’s backyards will draw them.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The cameras are designed to attract minimal attention and create as little disturbance as possible.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of disturbance
Noun
  • The roughly 25-acre farm is also home to a reproduction of the Salem Village Meeting House, the site of many early hearings about the Salem witchcraft hysteria.
    — Nicholas DeRenzo, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Russia has rejected all accusations of espionage, portraying them as part of anti-Russian hysteria.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of hysteria
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  • Can a squad of scientists (including Kurt Russell) fight off madness and mayhem before the Thing overtakes them all?
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
  • This week the madness leaps from the stage to the screen as Stamptown premieres its first Netflix special Tuesday.
    — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of madness
Noun
  • But no one checked tickets, and only passengers were in the car when Brown, a 32-year-old homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia, is accused of stabbing Zarutska’s neck.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the killings and the near-fatal attack on the spree’s sole survivor, Kimberlee Guillory, at both his retrial and his initial 2025 murder trial.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of schizophrenia
Noun
  • At their worst, a cloud of quarterback instability overshadowed the season.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • With Fenway Sports Group CEO of football Michael Edwards leaving last month and sporting director Richard Hughes expected to follow after this summer’s window, there’s no shortage of uncertainty and instability above Iraola.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of instability

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“Derangement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derangement. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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