disorder
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- disordre (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From dis- + order. Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/[1]
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: dis‧or‧der
NounEdit
disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)
- Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
- 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
- It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.
- After playing the children left the room in disorder.
- A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
- The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
- The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
- (medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.
- Bulimia is an eating disorder.
SynonymsEdit
- (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Thesaurus:disorder
- (disturbance of civic peace): See also Thesaurus:riot
Derived termsEdit
- acquired disorder
- adjustment disorder
- affective disorder
- alcohol use disorder
- amputee identity disorder
- anti-social personality disorder
- antisocial personality disorder
- anxiety disorder
- attachment disorder
- attention deficit disorder
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- auditory processing disorder
- autism spectrum disorder
- autistic spectrum disorder
- avoidant personality disorder
- avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
- binge eating disorder
- bipolar disorder
- body integrity identity disorder
- borderline personality disorder
- character disorder
- childhood disintegrative disorder
- cluster B personality disorder
- colony collapse disorder
- complex post-traumatic stress disorder
- conduct disorder
- congenital disorder
- conversion disorder
- delayed sleep phase disorder
- delusional disorder
- dependent personality disorder
- depersonalization-derealization disorder
- depressive disorder
- depressive personality disorder
- disorder of sex development
- disorderly
- dissociative disorder
- dissociative identity disorder
- eating disorder
- emotionally unstable personality disorder
- fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- functional disorder
- gender identity disorder
- generalized anxiety disorder
- genetic disorder
- haltlose personality disorder
- histrionic personality disorder
- hoarding disorder
- hyperkinetic disorder
- intermittent explosive disorder
- Internet addiction disorder
- internet addiction disorder
- major depressive disorder
- mental disorder
- mood disorder
- movement disorder
- multiple personality disorder
- narcissistic personality disorder
- nature deficit disorder
- nature-deficit disorder
- nonverbal learning disorder
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
- obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- oppositional defiant disorder
- other specified dissociative disorder
- panic disorder
- paranoid personality disorder
- passive-aggressive personality disorder
- pedohebephilic disorder
- pedophilic disorder
- persistent genital arousal disorder
- personality disorder
- pervasive developmental disorder
- post traumatic stress disorder
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- reactive attachment disorder
- sadistic personality disorder
- schizoaffective disorder
- schizoid personality disorder
- schizotypal personality disorder
- seasonal affective disorder
- seasonal mood disorder
- selective eating disorder
- self-defeating personality disorder
- semantic-pragmatic disorder
- separation anxiety disorder
- sleep disorder
- social anxiety disorder
- somatic symptom disorder
- somatoform disorder
- spectrum disorder
- speech disorder
- structural disorder
- Tourette's disorder
- trinucleotide repeat disorder
TranslationsEdit
absence of order
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disturbance of civic order or of public order
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physical or psychical malfunction
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VerbEdit
disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)
- (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
- (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.
TranslationsEdit
to throw into disorder
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to knock out of order or sequence
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 6.64, page 203.