Noun
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 dictionaryThe 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