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dislocation

noun

1 dislocation

An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity.

synonym: disruption.

Roget 44: disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement; discontinuity etc. 70; abjunction; cataclasm; inconnection; abstraction, abstractedness; ... show more

Roget 61: derangement etc. v.; disorder etc. 59; evection, discomposure, disturbance; disorganization, deorganization; dislocation; perturbation, interruption; ... show more

Roget 185: displacement, elocation, transposition.    ejectment etc. 297; exile etc. (banishment) 893; removal etc. (transference) ... show more

Polish: dyslokacja

2 dislocation

The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue:
— The social dislocations resulting from government policies.

synonym: breakdown.

3 dislocation

A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column).

Dutch: luxatie, ontwrichting, ontzetting
Polish: zwichnięcie, zwichnięcie stawu


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