Associations to the word «Derangement»

Wiktionary

DERANGEMENT, noun. The property of being deranged.
DERANGEMENT, noun. An act or instance of deranging.
DERANGEMENT, noun. (mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

Dictionary definition

DERANGEMENT, noun. A state of mental disturbance and disorientation.
DERANGEMENT, noun. The act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates