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dementation

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The act of depriving of reason; madness.

archaic, uncountable

Examples

“[…] and so they aver to be drunk, or accessory to anothers Distemper (especially supposing the Distemper under command from breaking out into any other sins besides its own⟳ dementation, or stupidity) to be a lesse sin, than to call⟳ one Drunkard, on the bare sight of him in a Distemper, or but one slender Information.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Demented Dementedly Dementedness Dementia dementia café dementia dialytica

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