different between derangement vs dementia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dérangement.

Noun

derangement (countable and uncountable, plural derangements)

1. The property of being deranged.
2. An act or instance of deranging.
3. (mathematics, combinatorics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

Derived terms

• derangement syndrome
• Derangement Syndrome

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m?n??/

Noun

dementia (usually uncountable, plural dementias)

1. (pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
2. Madness or insanity.

Derived terms

• demented
• demential
• senile dementia

Translations

See also

• amentia
• Alzheimer's disease
• delirium

Anagrams

• Demetian, Mendaite, Mendieta, Tiedeman, matineed

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dementia.

Noun

dementia

1. dementia

Declension

Latin

Etymology

dement- +? -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /de??men.ti.a/, [d?e??m?n?t?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /de?men.t?si.a/, [d???m?nt??s?i?]

Noun

d?mentia f (genitive d?mentiae); first declension

1. madness, insanity

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Adjective

d?mentia

1. nominative neuter plural of d?m?ns
2. accusative neuter plural of d?m?ns
3. vocative neuter plural of d?m?ns

References

• dementia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dementia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dementia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• dementia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dementia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin