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Synonyms for delirium
dɪˈlɪər i əm; -ˈlɪər i ədelir·i·um
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
delirium
Of these terms insanity is the most exact and comprehensive, including in its widest sense all morbid conditions of mind due to diseased action of the brain or nervous system, but in its more frequent restricted use applied to those forms in which the mental disorder is persistent, as distinguished from those in which it is temporary or transient. Craziness is a vague popular term for any sort of disordered mental action, or for conduct suggesting it. Lunacy originally denoted intermittent insanity, supposed to be dependent on the changes of the moon (Latin luna): the term is now applied in general and legal use to any form of mental unsoundness except idiocy. Madness is the old popular term, now less common, for insanity in its widest sense, but with suggestion of excitement, akin to mania. In the derived sense, lunacy denotes what is insanely foolish, madness what is insanely desperate. Derangement is a common euphemism for insanity. Delirium is always temporary, and is specifically the insanity of disease, as in acute fevers. Dementia is a general weakening of the mental powers: the word is specifically applied to senile insanity, dotage. Aberration is eccentricity of mental action due to an abnormal state of the perceptive faculties, and is manifested by error in perceptions and rambling thought. Hallucination is the apparent perception of that which does not exist or is not present to the senses, as the seeing of specters or of reptiles in delirium tremens. Monomania is mental derangement as to one subject or object. Frenzy and mania are forms of raving and furious insanity. Compare synonyms for DELUSION; IDIOCY.
Synonyms:
aberration, alienation, craziness, dementia, derangement, frenzy, hallucination, insanity, lunacy, madness, mania, monomaniaAntonyms:
clearness, good sense, lucidity, rationality, sanity
Princeton's WordNet
craze, delirium, frenzy, fury, hysterianoun
state of violent mental agitation
Synonyms:
fad, hysterical neurosis, furiousness, hysteria, craze, vehemence, cult, madness, ferocity, violence, fierceness, furore, fury, frenzy, rage, wildness, furordeliriumnoun
a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
deliriumnoun
Synonyms:
wandering (as in fevers), incoherence, hallucination, derangement, insanity, frenzy, raving, madness, alienation of mind
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2720 | violence | |
#8586 | cult | |
#8658 | rage | |
#9249 | madness | |
#12160 | mania | |
#12585 | fury | |
#15640 | dementia | |
#17956 | insanity | |
#18665 | frenzy | |
#24893 | fad | |
#26875 | craze | |
#28886 | alienation | |
#31048 | hysteria | |
#33029 | delusion | |
#36680 | delirium | |
#40371 | delirious | |
#42354 | aberration | |
#46105 | delusional | |
#49375 | lunacy | |
#57260 | craziness | |
#62974 | hallucination | |
#63144 | ferocity | |
#71779 | furor | |
#83394 | wildness | |
#86052 | vehemence | |
#90370 | furore | |
#109190 | derangement | |
#127230 | fierceness |
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She knows where she is, who she is -- she's as sharp as a tack, usually, when somebody comes out of a coma like that, they say that the patients have delirium where they're very confused. From day one, she hasn't experienced any of that.
For example, where has excited delirium come up, and trying to understand why it is they are finding what seems to have been the case so far, that it's majority Black men and other people of color this term is being attributed to ? and is it exclusively in the context of law enforcement where this term is coming up ? Is it exclusively in the context of restraints being used that this comes up and deaths are attributed to excited delirium ? There's a lot that legislators can do to really leverage their powers as investigators to look at this and bring public attention to it more broadly.
Architects are crazy. We do all-nighters, we used to do five nights no sleep, you are very exhausted so there's a bit of delirium sets in.
Even clinicians would have a difficult time diagnosing an excited delirium, when you employ ketamine you better be darn sure that this is excited delirium and not something else.
Translations for delirium
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- هذيانArabic
- делирBulgarian
- deliriCatalan, Valencian
- deliriumCzech
- Delirium, Fieberphantasie, TaumelGerman
- παραλήρημαGreek
- delirioSpanish
- eldarnio, zorabio, zoraldiBasque
- houretilaFinnish
- délireFrench
- bruaillean, boile, breisleach, mearanScottish Gaelic
- טירוףHebrew
- प्रलापHindi
- delíriumHungarian
- ցնորք, զառանցանքArmenian
- delirioItalian
- せん妄Japanese
- mate kuawa, ngutungutuahi, kutukutuahi, kuawaMāori
- delirium, delierDutch
- deliriumNorwegian
- delírioPortuguese
- delirRomanian
- горячка, делирий, бредRussian
- delíriumSlovak
- sayıklamaTurkish
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