disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/
ipa: /dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/
ipa: /dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: disorders
form: disordre
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order.
Senses: examples: text: After playing the children left the room in disorder.
text: It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
glosses: Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
examples: text: The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
text: The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
glosses: A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
examples: text: Bulimia is an eating disorder.
text: A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.
ref: 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A physical or mental malfunction.
Synonyms: sense: absence of order
word: chaos
word: entropy
word: bedlam
word: car crash
word: confusion
word: disarray
word: disorder
word: disorganization
word: dog's breakfast
word: dog's dinner
word: free-for-all
word: fuddle
word: hash
word: hot mess
word: imbroglio
word: mash
word: maze
word: mess
word: misorder
word: mommick
word: muddle
word: mullock
word: muss
word: shambles
word: shemozzle
word: snarl
word: tangle
word: topsy-turviness
word: upfuckery
Derived terms: acquired disorder
adjustment disorder
affective disorder
alcohol use disorder
amputee identity disorder
antisocial-personality disorder
antisocial personality disorder
anti-social personality disorder
anxiety disorder
attachment disorder
attention deficit disorder
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
auditory processing disorder
autism spectrum disorder
autistic disorder
autistic spectrum disorder
avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
avoidant personality disorder
binge eating disorder
bipolar disorder
body-dysmorphic disorder
body dysmorphic disorder
body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
body integrity identity disorder
borderline-personality disorder
borderline personality disorder
caffeine use disorder
celebrity obsession disorder
character disorder
childhood disintegrative disorder
cluster B personality disorder
colony collapse disorder
communication 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
disorderly
disorder of sex development
dissociative disorder
dissociative identity disorder
Down syndrome regression disorder
eating disorder
emotionally unstable personality disorder
excoriation disorder
factitious disorder imposed on another
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
functional disorder
gender identity disorder
generalized anxiety disorder
genetic disorder
hair-pulling disorder
haltlose personality disorder
Hartnup disorder
Heller's disorder
histrionic personality disorder
hoarding disorder
hyperkinetic disorder
impulse control 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
narcissistic personality disorder
nature deficit disorder
nature-deficit disorder
neurodevelopmental disorder
neurodisorder
non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder
nondisorder
nonverbal learning disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder
obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
obsessive love disorder
oppositional defiant disorder
other specified dissociative disorder
pain disorder
panic disorder
paranoid personality disorder
paranoid-personality disorder
passive-aggressive personality disorder
pedohebephilic disorder
pedophilic disorder
pelvic inflammatory disorder
persistent depressive disorder
persistent genital arousal disorder
personality disorder
pervasive developmental disorder
post-traumatic embitterment disorder
posttraumatic embitterment disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder
post traumatic stress disorder
post-traumatic-stress disorder
posttraumatic-stress disorder
posttraumatic stress disorder
premenstrual dysphoric disorder
psychotic disorder
quasidisorder
reactive attachment disorder
renal disorder
sadistic personality disorder
schizoaffective disorder
schizoid personality disorder
schizo-obsessive disorder
schizotypal personality disorder
seasonal affective disorder
seasonal mood disorder
selective eating disorder
self-defeating personality disorder
self-disorder
semantic-pragmatic disorder
separation anxiety disorder
skin-picking disorder
sleep disorder
social-anxiety disorder
social anxiety disorder
somatic symptom disorder
somatoform disorder
spectrum disorder
speech disorder
structural disorder
Tourette's disorder
trinucleotide repeat disorder
whiptail disorder
Related terms: word: commotion
word: confusing
word: confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion"
word: hodgepodge
word: riot