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Derangement

Derangement Meaning & Definition
Derangement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Derangement?

[n] the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"
[n] a state of mental disturbance and disorientation

Synonyms | Synonyms for Derangement: mental unsoundness | overthrow | unbalance | upset

Related Terms | Find terms related to Derangement: aberrance | aberrancy | aberration | abnormality | abnormity | alienation | amorphism | anomalism | anomalousness | anomaly | brain damage | brainsickness | clouded mind | confusion | convulsion | craziness | daftness | dementedness | dementia | deviation | difference | disarrangement | disarray | disarticulation | discomfiture | discomposure | disconcertedness | disharmony | dishevelment | disintegration | disjunction | dislocation | disorder | disorderliness | disorganization | disorientation | disproportion | disruption | distraction | disturbance | divergence | eccentricity | entropy | erraticism | folie | furor | haphazardness | heteromorphism | incoherence | indiscriminateness | inferiority | inharmonious harmony | insaneness | insanity | irrationality | irregularity | loss of mind | loss of reason | lunacy | madness | mania | mental deficiency | mental derangement | mental disease | mental disorder | mental disturbance | mental illness | mental instability | mental sickness | mind overthrown | mindsickness | misarrangement | monstrosity | most admired disorder | nonsymmetry | nonuniformity | oddness | perturbation | pixilation | possession | promiscuity | promiscuousness | psychopathy | queerness | rabidness | randomness | reasonlessness | senselessness | shattered mind | shuffling | sick mind | sickness | strangeness | subnormality | superiority | teratism | turbulence | unbalance | unbalanced mind | unnaturalism | unnaturalness | unsaneness | unsound mind | unsoundness | unsoundness of mind | unsymmetry | ununiformity | upset | witlessness

See Also | disturbance | insanity

Derangement In Webster's Dictionary

\De*range"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]rangement.] The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn: Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; lunacy; madness; delirium; mania. See {Insanity}.

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