derangement
- noun
- /dɪˈreɪndʒmənt/
- The team's poor performance was attributed to a derangement of their usual strategy.
Examples
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Following the storm, the derangement of the street signs left many drivers confused.
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And these things where you are not looking for a match is called an arrangement, a derangement, which is such fun to say.
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Certainly there will be the, the Trump Derangement Syndrome will go to another level.
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That if this person, if this group gets in and you see the derangement because, like Biden's been in office three years.
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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
A mistake that happens when someone confuses one thing with another
A loud, wild situation of disorder and confusion
A lack of order or system that makes things untidy
Parts in the wrong position so a machine or object does not work properly
A feeling of confusion and embarrassment that makes it hard to think
A state when things are not in their usual order
An untidy, messy look of hair, clothes, or a room
A lack of order that makes places or things messy
A state of confusion where things are unclear or messy
A lack of order or plan that makes things random
A situation with things all over and people confused
Antonyms
How Disordered
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.