disorientate
English
Etymology
Back-formation from disorientation.
Verb
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- Alternative form of disorient
- 1941, Frederic William Eggleston, Search for a Social Philosophy, p254
- Ideas often disorientate a system which has been formed on a particular pattern and make it inapplicable; so ideas may lead to the readjustment of groups and sometimes of political boundaries.
- 1941, Frederic William Eggleston, Search for a Social Philosophy, p254
Derived terms
Translations
to cause to lose orientation or direction
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Italian
Verb
disorientate