DISORGANISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disorganisation mean? 

• DISORGANISATION (noun)
  The noun DISORGANISATION has 2 senses:

1. a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted

2. the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion

  Familiarity information: DISORGANISATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISORGANISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disarrangement; disorganisation; disorganization

Hypernyms ("disorganisation" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

Derivation:

disorganise (remove the organization from)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disorganisation; disorganization

Context example:

the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack

Hypernyms ("disorganisation" is a kind of...):

disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)

Derivation:

disorganise (remove the organization from)

 Context examples 

Excitement of psychotic proportions manifested by mental and physical hyperactivity, disorganisation of behaviour and elevation of mood.

(Mania, NCI Thesaurus)

The violent and causeless excitement, followed by this brutality of speech, so far removed from his usual suavity, showed me how deep was the disorganisation of his mind.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)