disorder

1 condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time" [syn: upset]

2 a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder" [syn: disorderliness] [ant: orderliness, orderliness]

3 a disturbance of the peace or of public order [ant: order]

1 disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract]

2 bring disorder to [syn: disarray] [ant: order]

English

Etymology

From dis- and order.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)də(r)

Noun

disorder

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. a physical or psychical malfunction

   Bulimia is an eating disorder.

1. defn English

Synonyms

• absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner

chaos, entropy

• a disturbance of civic peace or of public order

See

Translations

*Dutch: wanorde

• Finnish: epäjärjestys (1), sekasorto (1), kaaos (1), hämminki (2), häiriö (2,3)
• German: Unordnung (1), Unruhen pl. (2), Störung (3)
• Japanese: 混乱 (konran) (2), 無秩序 (mu-chitsujo) (2), 障害 (sho'ugai) (3)
• Russian: беспорядок (b'espor'ádok) (1), беспорядки (b'espor'ádki) p (2), нарушение (narušénije) (3)
• Slovene: nered (1), nemir (2), motnja (3)
• Spanish: desorden

Disorder may refer to :

• Disorder (medicine)
• Chaos, unpredictability and in the metaphysical sense, it is the opposite of law and order
• Entropy, a state function of a thermodynamic system
• Lawlessness, a lack of laws or law enforcement
• Randomness, a lack of determined order in information theory, mathematics, and computer programming
• Civil disorder, one or more forms of disturbance caused by a group of people
• Disorder (band), Bristol based hardcore punk band
• Disorder (album), by the The Gazette.
• "Disorder", a song by Joy Division, from their album Unknown Pleasures.

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