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单词 senility
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Definition of senility in English:

senility

noun sɪˈnɪlɪtisəˈnɪlədi
mass noun
  • The condition of being senile.

    the onset of senility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The concept of senility may also be a generalization from the increasing number of older people who develop dementia.
    • For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to overtake him.
    • People fear attenuated senility more than death.
    • Diminished alertness from these drugs in elderly patients may be confused with senility or dementia.
    • Deafness is a catalyst that pushes many elderly people into seclusion, isolation, and even senility.
    Synonyms
    decrepitude, infirmity, feebleness, unsteadiness, senescence, decline, old age, dotage, second childhood, confusion, Alzheimer's (disease), senile dementia
    informal softening of the brain
    rare caducity, anility

Rhymes

ability, agility, civility, debility, docility, edibility, facility, fertility, flexility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, imbecility, infantility, juvenility, liability, mobility, nihility, nobility, nubility, puerility, servility, stability, sterility, tactility, tranquillity (US tranquility), usability, utility, versatility, viability, virility, volatility

Definition of senility in US English:

senility

nounsəˈnɪlədisəˈnilədē
  • The condition of being senile.

    the onset of senility
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Deafness is a catalyst that pushes many elderly people into seclusion, isolation, and even senility.
    • Diminished alertness from these drugs in elderly patients may be confused with senility or dementia.
    • People fear attenuated senility more than death.
    • The concept of senility may also be a generalization from the increasing number of older people who develop dementia.
    • For the general practitioner a well-used library is one of the few correctives of the premature senility which is so apt to overtake him.
    Synonyms
    decrepitude, infirmity, feebleness, unsteadiness, senescence, decline, old age, dotage, second childhood, confusion, alzheimer's, alzheimer's disease, senile dementia
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