as in feebleness
the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age
with his increasing senility, Granddad is beginning to have more and more senior moments
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After Thelma’s duped out of $10,000 by a caller claiming Danny has been arrested and needs bail money, her family (Parker Posey and Clark Gregg) chalk it up to senility in need of a nursing home.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
Time to leave In addition to her children, all of whom are losing it in one way or another, Eilish is also tasked with caring for her elderly father Simon, who is sliding almost imperceptibly into senility.
—David Faris, theweek, 23 Feb. 2024
Trump is only four years younger than Biden, but his bellicosity (to put it politely) has seemed to stave off accusations of senility.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
Sherlock Holmes and obvious Sherlock Holmes proxies seem to be experiencing senility, drug addiction or general obsolescence with strange regularity.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 June 2024
Time to leave In addition to her children, all of whom are losing it in one way or another, Eilish is also tasked with caring for her elderly father Simon, who is sliding almost imperceptibly into senility.
—David Faris, theweek, 23 Feb. 2024
Trump is only four years younger than Biden, but his bellicosity (to put it politely) has seemed to stave off accusations of senility.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2024
Sherlock Holmes and obvious Sherlock Holmes proxies seem to be experiencing senility, drug addiction or general obsolescence with strange regularity.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Senility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senility. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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