Synonyms for dotage
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Noun
1. Senility
Definitions
- n. 1
Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
Related words
- Word family
- dotard
Forms
- Plural
- dotages → senilities, ages, decrepitudes, anilities…
Example sentences
- senility You have to get more exercise in order to stave off senility.
- fondness He has a morbid fondness for murder mysteries.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dotage | steady | |
| senility | falling | |
| decrepitude | rising | |
| anility | steady | |
| fondness | rising | |
| fatuity | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- age1
- 7 letters
- anility, fatuity
- 8 letters
- fondness2, senility4
- 11 letters
- decrepitude
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fondness2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- débilité sénile