disarrangement
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7.6
- noun
- /ˌdɪsəˈreɪndʒmənt/
:
desorden
- His desk was in a state of disarrangement, with papers scattered everywhere and no apparent order.
Examples
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After the storm, there was a complete disarrangement of branches and debris in the park.
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This assault was fundamental, springing from a profound disarrangement of her human psyche.
Fiction book (1994) -
Anxieties and disarrangements may be necessary for the human adventure to proceed along previously impossible paths, but it would hardly be realistic, given what we know of past history, not to see in these same fearful circumstances the impetus.
Academic text (1992) -
Art's function, it seems, is to create a disarrangement of these practical patterns in a way that allows us to see beyond the mundane, to unbutton the right pushovers for a big-picture understanding, even if only for a dreamy instant.
Blog text (28) -
The disarrangement of the furniture made it difficult to navigate through the room.
Synonyms
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6.8
A change that stops the normal way a system or community works
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3.8
A lack of order or system that makes things untidy
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8.5
A state when things like papers or furniture are not in their usual place
Antonyms
How Disordered
Surface Forms
Morphology
disarrangement = disarrange (transparent) = dis + arrange + ment
This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'disarrange' meaning the state or result of putting something out of order.
Etymology
Disarrangement is made from the parts dis- 'not' and arrange 'to put in order'. So a disarrangement is when things are not in the right order, which explains why the word means a state of disorder.