Derangement
noun
The state of being mad, insane or not having a clear mind.
He was suffering from mental derangement.
Often appears as...
- mental derangement
- temporary derangement
noun
A disturbance or disorder in something's normal function or arrangement.
A derangement in the engine caused the car to stop working.
Often appears as...
- engine derangement
- mechanical derangement
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Technical
noun
In mathematics, a permutation of the elements of a set where none of the elements appear in their original order.
In combinatorial mathematics, the number of derangements of a set is interestingly large.
Often appears as...
- permutation derangement
- combinatorial derangement
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The state of being mad, insane or not having a clear mind.
He was suffering from mental derangement.
Often appears as...
- mental derangement
- temporary derangement
noun
A disturbance or disorder in something's normal function or arrangement.
A derangement in the engine caused the car to stop working.
Often appears as...
- engine derangement
- mechanical derangement
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In mathematics, a permutation of the elements of a set where none of the elements appear in their original order.
In combinatorial mathematics, the number of derangements of a set is interestingly large.
Often appears as...
- permutation derangement
- combinatorial derangement
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Mental State
Describes a serious condition, avoid using lightly as a joke.
After the accident, his speech suggested some degree of derangement.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Insulting
Use with sensitivity, as it relates to mental health.
The novel portrayed the character's descent into derangement.
Pro Tip 3/3Serious Tone
Often conveys a somber, clinical observation, not casual.
The psychiatrist diagnosed her with a temporary derangement.
Compare with
confusiondementiadisorderdisruptiondistortionimbalanceturmoilupset
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Quote examples
Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Holiday eating is a study in paradox. You're surrounded by food, but you're so busy shopping and cooking that you don't have time to eat. Then, when your blood sugar dips to the point of derangement, you make a desperate lunge for the closest foodstuff - and the next thing you know, you've eaten an entire box of regifted peppermint bark.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
I learned a lot from Arthur Rimbaud. People talk about how he wanted to be a seer and do that through the derangement of the senses. What they forget was that he also advocated, sternly and austerely, that one must be able to go through all that - and then articulate it.
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Jonas Mekas
Lithuanian Director
There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses.
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Meghan McCain
American Journalist
I don't think I suffer from Trump derangement syndrome in a sense that I can separate the man from the White House.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary.
Quote examples
Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Holiday eating is a study in paradox. You're surrounded by food, but you're so busy shopping and cooking that you don't have time to eat. Then, when your blood sugar dips to the point of derangement, you make a desperate lunge for the closest foodstuff - and the next thing you know, you've eaten an entire box of regifted peppermint bark.
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
I learned a lot from Arthur Rimbaud. People talk about how he wanted to be a seer and do that through the derangement of the senses. What they forget was that he also advocated, sternly and austerely, that one must be able to go through all that - and then articulate it.
Quote examples
Jonas Mekas
Lithuanian Director
There is no other way to break the frozen cinematic conventions than through a complete derangement of the official cinematic senses.
Quote examples
Meghan McCain
American Journalist
I don't think I suffer from Trump derangement syndrome in a sense that I can separate the man from the White House.
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Jim Morrison
American Singer
I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary.
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