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Definition of Dementedness
1. Noun. Mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.
Generic synonyms: Insanity
Specialized synonyms: Alcohol Amnestic Disorder, Alcoholic Dementia, Korsakoff's Psychosis, Korsakoff's Syndrome, Korsakov's Psychosis, Korsakov's Syndrome, Polyneuritic Psychosis, Presenile Dementia, Senile Dementia, Senile Psychosis
Derivative terms: Demented
Definition of Dementedness
1. Noun. The quality of being demented. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dementedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dementedness
Literary usage of Dementedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1910)
"Undoubtedly she had a taking face and style. His infatuation, nevertheless,
appeared to Rosamund utter dementedness, considering this woman's position, ..."
2. The Fortnightly Review (1875)
"It's a delusion amounting to dementedness to suppose that, with the people inside
our defences, we can be taming them and tricking them. ..."
3. The Playhouse and the Play, and Other Addresses Concerning the Theatre and by Percy MacKaye (1909)
"Fourth, its dementedness. This character- /istic has already been alluded to,
but deserves to be emphasized as a distinct element. ..."
4. Race Or Mongrel: a Brief History of the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Races by Alfred Paul Karl Eduard Schultz (1908)
"It would have taken an impossible degree of stupidity, an impossible degree of
dementedness, to accomplish less in South America than has been accomplished. ..."
5. Strangers at Lisconnel: A Second Series of Irish Idylls by Jane Barlow (1895)
"From the first it appeared obvious to all that the dementedness which characterised
the little wizened yellow-faced woman was of a much more pronounced type ..."
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