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derangement

derangement

1 8.5
A state when things like papers or furniture are not in their usual place
  • noun
  • /dɪˈreɪndʒmənt/
translation icon : desorganización
  • The team's poor performance was attributed to a derangement of their usual strategy.

Examples

  • Following the storm, the derangement of the street signs left many drivers confused.

  • And these things where you are not looking for a match is called an arrangement, a derangement, which is such fun to say.

  • Certainly there will be the, the Trump Derangement Syndrome will go to another level.

  • That if this person, if this group gets in and you see the derangement because, like Biden's been in office three years.

  • A study that is nondiagnostic does not exclude a diagnosis of cricoarytenoid joint derangement.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The derangement of the documents on his desk made it difficult to find important papers.

Synonyms

mix-up
vsderangement
53 3.3

A mistake that happens when someone confuses one thing with another

is the ongoing disorderly state not just a single error
pandemonium
vsderangement
22 8.0

A loud, wild situation of disorder and confusion

is the calmer general state of disorder without loud chaos
disorganization
vsderangement
  • US
7 3.8

A lack of order or system that makes things untidy

is the disorderly condition without focusing on systems
misalignment
vsderangement
2 6.3

Parts in the wrong position so a machine or object does not work properly

is the broader state of things being displaced or confused
discombobulation
vsderangement
  • Informal
1 9.8

A feeling of confusion and embarrassment that makes it hard to think

is the wider state of things being out of normal order
disarrangement
vsderangement
1 7.6

A state when things are not in their usual order

is the general state of things being disordered or confused
dishevelment
vsderangement
1 7.2

An untidy, messy look of hair, clothes, or a room

is about disorder or confusion beyond appearance and neatness
disorderliness
vsderangement
5.8

A lack of order that makes places or things messy

is broader covering confusion beyond physical mess
muddlement
vsderangement
7.9

A state of confusion where things are unclear or messy

is the general disorder of arrangement rather than unclear thinking
haphazardness
vsderangement
7.8

A lack of order or plan that makes things random

is the disorder from loss of normal order not only randomness
a right state of chaos
vsderangement
  • Informal
8.4

A situation with things all over and people confused

is the neutral term for disordered arrangement without emotional intensity

Antonyms

1.0

The arrangement of things in a neat sequence

72 2.7

Arranging people or things in a neat, planned order

How Disordered

chaos
438 3.1
derangement
1 8.5
disorder
31 3.7
disarray
24 4.8
mess
1.0

Surface Forms

derangement singular
derangements plural

Morphology

derangement = derange (transparent) = derange + ment

Formed by adding '-ment' to the verb 'derange' to denote a state or condition of disorder; the derivation is direct and predictable.

Etymology

Derangement comes from the old French parts de- ('away') and range ('order'), a phrase that originally meant to put things 'out of order'. So, when used for things like a schedule or a room, a derangement is simply a state where things are 'out of order' or messy.