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disorder definition

dis·or·der (dis ôr′dər)

noun

  1. a lack of order; confusion; jumble
  2. a breach of public peace; riot
  3. a disregard of system; irregularity
  4. an upset of normal function; ailment

Etymology: prob. < Fr désordre

transitive verb

  1. to throw into disorder; disarrange
  2. to upset the normal functions or health of

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disorder Synonyms

disorder

n.

  1. Physical confusion

    disarray, confusion, jumble, shambles; see confusion 2.

  2. Social confusion

    disturbance, tumult, uproar, bustle, discord, turbulence, misrule, turmoil, upheaval, complication, chaos, mayhem, terrorism, rioting, mob rule, anarchy, anarchism, lawlessness, disorderliness, rowdiness, imbroglio, entanglement, commotion, agitation, insurrection, revolution, rebellion, strike, disorganization, riot, state of violence, reign of terror, mobocracy, ochlocracy, tangled skein, ruckus*; see also disturbance 2, trouble 2.

    Antonyms order*, peace*, tranquility.

  3. An illness

    ailment, sickness, malady, dysfunction; see disease. See syn. study at confusion.


disorder

v.

disarrange, clutter, scatter; see confuse, disorganize.


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disorder Usage Examples

Object

  • offender: Rogers, R. & Webster, C. ( 1989 ) Assessing treatability in mentally disordered offenders.

Converse of object

  • eat: Looking for ways to support people with eating disorders in East Suffolk.

Adjective modifier

  • bipolar: Someone close to me has bipolar disorder - what should I do?

Modifies a noun

  • subafter: Disorder subafter parity two approaches gave the methods section.

Noun used with modifier

  • personality: These include five related to personality disorder in a new joint program with the Home Office.
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disorder quotes

The doctor found, when she was dead, Her last disorder mortal.

-Goldsmith, Oliver

A sweet disorder in the dress 400 Kindles in clothes a wantonness: A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction† A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility: Do more bewitch me, than when Art Is too precise in every part.

-Herrick, Robert

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