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dementation|ˌdiːmɛnˈteɪʃən|
[ad. med.L. dēmentatiōn-em (Du Cange), n. of action from dēmentāre to dement.]
The action of dementing; the fact or condition of being demented; madness, infatuation.
1617Donne Serm. cxxxviii. Wks. 1839. V. 469 And then lastly..they come to that infatuation, that Dementation, as that they lose [etc.]. 1680Baxter Cath. Commun. (1684) 35 Dementation goeth before Perdition. 1879Farrar St. Paul I. 610 note, The ‘strong delusion’ of the English version is a happy expression; it is..judicial infatuation, the dementation before doom. 1889Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 486 This policy may be called one of dementation. |