disorientation
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English
Etymology
From dis- + orientation[1] or perhaps disorientate + -ation.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˌɔːɹɪənˈteɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˌɔ.ɹi.ɪnˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
disorientation (usually uncountable, plural disorientations)
- the loss of one's sense of direction, or of one's position in relationship with the surroundings.
- a state of confusion with regard to time, place or identity.
- 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 50:
- For the first time since arriving in Nigeria, she felt a gaping disorientation; for a split second she couldnʼt even remember where she was.
- a delusion.
Related terms
Translations
the loss of one's sense of direction
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a state of confusion with regard to time, place or identity
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delusion
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “disorientation (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “disorientation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
