Verbal Ability - One Word Substitutes - Discussion
Discussion Forum : One Word Substitutes - Section 1 (Q.No. 1)
Directions to Solve
In questions given below out of four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given word/sentence.
1.
Extreme old age when a man behaves like a fool
Discussion:
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Vinod said:
1 decade ago
Regular payment made into a fund by an employee towards a future pension is superannuation. Losing mental abilities with age is senility. Imbecile is a stupid person. Period of life in wich a person is old and weak is dotage.
So answer is senility.
So answer is senility.
Foysal said:
9 years ago
As a noun, the difference between dotage and senility is that dotage is a decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging.
Senility is (uncountable) senescence, the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
Senility is (uncountable) senescence, the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
Lisha shajahan said:
1 decade ago
Noun:
The period of life in which a person is old and weak: "you could live here and look after me in my dotage".
or
The state of having the intellect impaired, esp. through old age; senility.
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Synonyms:
senility
The period of life in which a person is old and weak: "you could live here and look after me in my dotage".
or
The state of having the intellect impaired, esp. through old age; senility.
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Synonyms:
senility
Raushan said:
9 years ago
Dotage - a period of in which men feel old.
Senility - 2nd childhood.
Superannation - a pension paid govt employee.
Imbecility - Imbecile was a medical category of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability.
Senility - 2nd childhood.
Superannation - a pension paid govt employee.
Imbecility - Imbecile was a medical category of people with moderate to severe intellectual disability.
Mithlesh said:
8 years ago
Dotage should be the answer I guess. Because the question is asking the phase of life when a man acts like a fool. It's not asking the word for acting like a fool in old age. Just notice the slight difference.
Srishti garg said:
7 years ago
Senility is the correct one. Because senility- the state of being senile while dotage- the time when one is not so string as before it can be mental or physical.
Hamshini said:
8 years ago
Dotage -the period of life in which a person is old and weak.
Synonyms-declining years, old age.
So, dotage is a right option. Thanks for all your explanation.
Synonyms-declining years, old age.
So, dotage is a right option. Thanks for all your explanation.
Milon said:
1 decade ago
Yes senility is the answer, I referred various dictionaries they are telling same as Vinod, and do-tage is not related to a fool at any stretch of imagination.
Sourav said:
5 years ago
@All.
Here it is mentioned the age and not the condition. Senility is a mental condition of old age, and dotage is the age when these mental problems happen.
Here it is mentioned the age and not the condition. Senility is a mental condition of old age, and dotage is the age when these mental problems happen.
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Shilpa sinni said:
1 decade ago
Dotage is correct answer. In the given question. It ask about the mental ability. And behavior, and senility is a stage of life and old age is synonyms of it.
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