Disorder

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  • noun. A lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.
  • noun. A breach of civic order or peace; a public disturbance.
  • noun. An ailment that affects the function of mind or body.
  • transitive verb. To throw into confusion or disarray.
  • transitive verb. To disturb the normal physical or mental health of; derange.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To destroy or derange the order of; derange; disturb the regular disposition or arrangement of; throw into confusion; disarrange; confuse.
  • To derange the physical or mental health of; bring into a morbid condition of body or mind; indispose.
  • To produce mental disturbance in; unsettle the mind of; perturb; agitate.
  • To derange the natural or regular functions of; throw out of order or balance; unsettle the normal condition of: as, to disorder one's liver; his mind is disordered.
  • To depose from holy orders.
  • noun. In logic, disagreement with every conceivable general rule whatever.
  • noun. Lack of order or regular arrangement; irregularity; indiscriminate distribution; confusion: as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
  • noun. Tumult; disturbance of the peace of society; breach of public order or law.
  • noun. Neglect of rule; disregard of conventionality.
  • noun. Morbid irregularity, disturbance, or interruption of the functions of the animal economy or of the mind; physical or mental derangement; properly, a diseased state of either mind or body that does not wholly disable the faculties; but it is often applied more comprehensively.
  • noun. A specific or particular case of disorder; a disease; a derangement, mental or physical: as, gout is a painful disorder.
  • noun. Mental perturbation; temporary excitement or discomposure; agitation.
  • noun. Synonyms Disarrangement, disorganization, disarray, jumble.
  • noun. Commotion, turbulence, riotousness.
  • noun. 4 and Illness, ailment, complaint, malady.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray
  • noun. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
  • noun. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.
  • noun. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement.
  • transitive verb. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.
  • transitive verb. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange.
  • transitive verb. To depose from holy orders.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
  • noun. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
  • noun. A physical or psychical malfunction.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. bring disorder to
  • noun. a condition in which things are not in their expected places
  • noun. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
  • noun. a disturbance of the peace or of public order
  • verb. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
  • Word Usage
    "If order is the rule in the universe, and what we term disorder is a particular kind of order e.g., an order too complex for us to describe at the present time, then many of our perceptions in science and life will need to change accordingly."
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