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Definition: Disorganization |
DisorganizationNoun1. A condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "disorganization" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Synonyms: DisorganizationSynonyms: disarrangement (n), disorganisation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arrangement | Noun: derangement; Verb: disorder; evection, discomposure, disturbance; disorganization, deorganization; dislocation; perturbation, interruption; shuffling; Verb: inversion; corrugation; (fold); involvement. |
Destruction | Noun: {ant. } destruction; waste, dissolution, breaking up; diruption, disruption; consumption; disorganization. |
Deterioration | Decay, dilapidation, ravages of time, wear and tear; corrosion, erosion; moldiness, rottenness; moth and rust, dry rot, blight, marasmus, atrophy, collapse; disorganization; delabrement; (destruction).; aphid, Aphis, plant louse, puceron; vinefretter, vinegrub. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Disorganization |
| English words defined with "disorganization": undone, unstuck. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "disorganization": Nucleic Acid Denaturation. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | This patient sustained progressive destruction, degeneration, and disorganization of the knee joint resulting from a loss of sensation caused by long standing tabes dorsalis. This condition was brought on during tertiary syphilis. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The effects of LSD can be described as drug-induced psychosis-distortion or disorganization of a person's capacity to recognize reality, think rationally, or communicate with others. (references) | |
Political Economy | Yemen | Ideological infighting and disorganization have vitiated what political power it once had. (references) |
COLOMBIA | High unemployment (18.5 percent as of September 2001), traditional antiunion attitudes, union disorganization and weak leadership limit workers' bargaining power in all sectors. (references) | |
Political Rights | Singapore | The PAP claims that the lack of an effective opposition is due to disorganization, lack of leadership, and lack of persuasive alternative policies. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Disorganization" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Disorganization" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
disorganization social theory | 8 |
chronic disorganization | 4 |
disorganization social | 4 |
chronic disorganization group national study | 3 |
disorganization | 3 |
disorganization family | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "disorganization"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | çrregullim (bewilderment, clutter, confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, dislocation, disorder, distemper, disturbance, excess, foul up, hugger mugger, mess, misrule, mix, muddle, muss, turmoil, upset). (various references) | |
Arabic | وقع الاختلال في (disorganize). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разстройство (distemper, upset), безпорядък (disarray, disorder, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, litter, misrule, moil, muck, muddle), дезорганизация (dislocation). (various references) | |
Czech | dizorganizace. (various references) | |
Danish | desorganisering. (various references) | |
Dutch | desorganisatie, ontbinding (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, analysis). (various references) | |
French | désorganisation (disintegration). (various references) | |
German | Desorganisation. (various references) | |
Greek | ξεχαρβάλωμα (derangement), παράλυση (palsy, paralysis, paralyzation), αναστάτωση (commotion, convulsion, disruption, flurry, fuss, upheaval), αποδιοργάνωση (disruption). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bomlás (decay, decomposition, dissolution, putrefaction). (various references) | |
Italian | disorganizzazione (disorganisation). (various references) | |
Manx | neureajys (disorderliness, indiscretion), cur fud y cheilley (bemuse, confuse, derange, disarray, disorganize, embarrass, jumble, litter, maze, perturb, puzzle, subvert; dislocation, tangle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isorganizationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desorganização (dislocation). (various references) | |
Romanian | dezorganizare. (various references) | |
Russian | дезорганизация (disarrangement). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dezorganizacija, nered (clatter, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, mess, muddle, snafu, trouble, tumble). (various references) | |
Spanish | desorganización (disruption), proceso de desorganizar, falta de organización, confusión (abashment, baffle, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, dislocation, distraction, fluster, fog, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, knockabout, litter, maze, mess, mix up, mix-up, muddle, mystification, perplexity, pother, puzzlement, shambles, tangle, turmoil, welter). (various references) | |
Swedish | desorganisation, upplösningstillstånd, oreda (confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, distraction, disturbance, embroilment, hurry-scurry, mess, muddle, Ravel, shambles, tangle). (various references) | |
Turkish | dağınıklık (clutter, cock up, diffusiveness, disarrangement, disarray, dispersion, litter, untidiness, waywardness), düzensizlik (disarrangement, disarray, disharmony, disorder, disorderliness, hugger mugger, huggermugger, inequality, irregularity, looseness, muss, untidiness, waywardness), karışıklık (bedlam, bungle, cataclysm, chaos, clamor, clamour, clutter, commotion, complexity, complication, confusion, disarrangement, disorder, disorderliness, disturbance, dogs dinner, embroilment, ferment, fermentation, fray, frenzy, fuss, fuss and kerfufle, grab bag, havoc, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hurly burly, imbroglio, indiscrimination, intricacy, involution, jungle, kerfufle, maziness, mess, mishmash, misrule, mix, mix up, muddle, muss, perturbation, pie, pother, pretty kettle of fish, promiscuity, Ravel, riot, rough and tumble, ruckus, ruction, snafu, snarl, snarl up, stir, swirl, tangle, topsyturvy, topsyturvydom, tumble, turbidity, turbulence, unrest, upheaval, upset, wooliness, woolliness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | дезорганізація (disarrangement). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự phá rối tổ chức, sự phá hoại tổ chức. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "disorganization": disorganizations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "disorganization" (pronounced di'sô'rgunuzā"shun) |
| 11 | -ô' r g u n u z ā" sh u n | organisation, organization. |
| 10 | -r g u n u z ā" sh u n | reorganization. |
| 8 | -u n u z ā" sh u n | balkanization, colonization, communization, dehumanization, demonization, desalinization, harmonization, ionization, mechanization, suburbanization, unionization, urbanization. |
| 7 | -n u z ā" sh u n | immunization, modernization, westernization. |
| 6 | -u z ā" sh u n | fertilization, accusation, alphabetization, amortization, authorization, cannibalization, capitalization, categorization, centralization, characterization, civilization, collectivization, colorization, commercialization, computerization, criminalization, decentralization, decriminalization, deinstitutionalization, demilitarization, democratization, demoralization, denationalization, denuclearization, destabilization, dramatization, equalization, generalization, globalization, hospitalization, hybridization, improvisation, industrialization, institutionalization, internationalization, legalization, liberalization, localization, magnetization, marginalization, maximization, mineralization, miniaturization, mischaracterization, mobilization, monopolization, nationalization, naturalization, neutralization, normalization, optimization, pasteurization, personalization, polarization, politicization, popularization, pressurization, privatization, radicalization, rationalization, realization, reauthorization, recapitalization, renationalization, revitalization, securitization, socialization, specialization, stabilization, standardization, sterilization, subsidization, utilization, vaporization, victimization, visualization, vulgarization. |
| 5 | -z ā" sh u n | causation, demobilization. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, automation, aviation, avocation, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, capitulation, carnation, castration, celebration, certification, cessation, cetacean, citation, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, coloration, combination, commemoration, commendation, communication, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehydration, deification, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demodulation, demonstration, denomination, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, hesitation, hibernation, humiliation, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legislation, levitation, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, location, lubrication, machination, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, masturbation, maturation, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, migration, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, moderation, modification, modulation, molestation, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, navigation, negation, negotiation, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, oration, orchestration, ordination, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, pollination, pontification, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, privation, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, ramification, ratification, reaffirmation, reallocation, recalculation, recantation, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, solicitation, sophistication, specification, speculation, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, station, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, substantiation, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, usurpation, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, vibration, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, vocation. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-i-i-i-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-z" | |
-2 letters: organizations. | |
-3 letters: anodizations, organisation, organization, originations. | |
-4 letters: anodization, distraining, indagations, iodinations, ionizations, ordinations, origination. | |
-5 letters: adorations, digitonins, disrooting, distaining, gradations, indagation, indagators, indigotins, iodinating, iodination, ionization, notarizing, ordination, radiations, sanitizing, satirizing. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-g-i-i-i-n-n-o-o-r-s-t-z" | |
+1 letter: disorganizations. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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