Crossword-Solution: DEMENTIA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Dementia | n. | Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with DEMENTIA (5)
Maria came out of her dementia, and in a few days the household settled itself again to its sordid regime and Maria went about her duties as usual.
His revolt against the inevitable, his protest against the grave, shook him from head to foot, goaded him beyond all bounds of reason, hounded him on and into the domain of hysteria, dementia.
When I forgot you would accuse me of lese-majeste, and sentence me to—to punishment.” “What was the punishment?” asked Barney, noticing her hesitation and wishing to encourage her in the pretty turn her dementia had taken.
Juanita Haydock talked a good deal in her rattling voice but it was invariably of personalities: the rumor that Raymie Wutherspoon was going to send for a pair of patent leather shoes with gray buttoned tops; the rheumatism of Champ Perry; the state of Guy Pollock's grippe; and the dementia of Jim Howland in painting his fence salmon-pink.
There is a striking slowness of thought and of movement; the memory fails, and conditions leading to incipient dementia intervene.
Quotes with DEMENTIA (3)
Dementia was like a truth serum.
Offering care means being a companion, not a superior. It doesn’t matter whether the person we are caring for is experiencing cancer, the flu, dementia, or grief. If you are a doctor or surgeon, your expertise and knowledge comes from a superior position. But when our role is to be providers of care, we should be there as equals.
Even though people experiencing dementia become unable to recount what has just happened, they still go through the experience — even without recall. The psychological present lasts about three seconds. We experience the present even when we have dementia. The emotional pain caused by callous treatment or unkind talk occurs during that period. The moods and actions of people with dementia are expressions of what they have experienced, whether they can still use language and recall, or not.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, New Yorker, NYT, Onion, USA TODAY, WP.
Used 13 times in crossword archives (1973–2021).