dislocation

Noun

Meaning

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.

The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.

The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

breakdown disruption derangement move movement division sprain break shift separation injury disorder confusion displacement dissolution
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Antonyms

development order building growth construction care
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Hypernyms

break injury harm disruption interruption perturbation

Hyponyms

diastasis abarticulation spondylolisthesis

Phrases with the word

eyelid dislocation clavicular dislocation bone dislocation kidney dislocation left dislocation Taylor-Orowan dislocation

Examples

The economic difficulty of the modern world is not shortage of materials but the organization of their exchange and distribution; distress arises, not from scarcity but from dislocation and maladjustment. Norman Angell

I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble. Bayard Rustin

The population is in a constant state of enforced dislocation. So let us hope that a totally new culture will come out of this. Ai Weiwei

The United Nations is the best hope to spare humanity from the barbarity of war, from the senseless death, destruction and dislocation it brings about. Alfred de Zayas

The rest of the world is wondering what's going on... Eight years of this and I think we'll have a phenomenal dislocation occur around the world. I think you'll see the end of NATO and a whole range of other things... Joe Biden

It's interesting to see the dislocation between how people perceive a person visually. Apparently on the radio I'm blonde with a big arse. Tamsin Greig

Close letter words and terms

dislocatedly dislocatedness dislocatee dislocation creep dislocational dislocationally