disorder

English

Alternative forms

• disordre (obsolete)

Etymology

dis- +‎ order

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)də(r)

Noun

disorder (plural disorders)

1. Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

   After playing the children left the room in disorder.

2. A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

   The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room

   The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.

3. (medicine) A physical or psychical malfunction.

   Bulimia is an eating disorder.

Synonyms

• (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also Wikisaurus:disorder
• (disturbance of civic peace): See also Wikisaurus:riot

Derived terms

Terms derived from disorder

autism spectrum disorder borderline personality disorder eating disorder

seasonal affective disorder spectrum disorder

Translations

absence of order

Bulgarian: безпорядък (bg) m. Czech: nepořádek (cs) m. Finnish: epäjärjestys (fi) French: désordre (fr) m. German: Unordnung (de) f. Greek: αταξία (el) (ataxía) f., ταραχή (el) (tarachí) f.

Hebrew: אי-סדר (y-seder) Icelandic: ringulreið (is) f., glundroði (is) m. Interlingua: disordine (ia) Italian: disordine (it) Polish: nieporządek m., nieład m. Russian: беспоря́док (ru) (besporjádok) m.

disturbance of civic order or of public order

Bulgarian: безредици (bg) pl. Finnish: levottomuus (fi) French: trouble (fr) m. Galician: trastorno (gl) m.

German: Unruhen (de) f. pl. Greek: αναταραχή (el) (anatarachí) f. Italian: disordine (it) Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) (besporjádki) m. pl., волне́ния (ru) (volnénija) n. pl.

physical or psychical malfunction

Catalan: trastorn (ca) m. Czech: porucha (cs) f. Dutch: stoornis (nl) f. Finnish: häiriö (fi) French: trouble (fr) m. Galician: trastorno (gl) m. German: Störung (de) f. Greek: διαταραχή (el) (diatarachí) f. Icelandic: röskun (is) f., kvilli (is) m.

Interlingua: disordine (ia) Italian: disturbo (it) Russian: расстройство (ru) (rasstrojstvo) m., нарушение (ru) (narušenije) m. Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rog) Scottish Gaelic: galar (gd) m., tinneas (gd) m., euslaint (gd) f. Spanish: trastorno (es) m.

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Dutch: wanorde Japanese: 混乱 (konran) (2), 無秩序 (mu-chitsujo) (2), 障害 (sho'ugai) (3) Slovene: nered m. (1), nemir m. (2), motnja (3) Spanish: desorden m.