disorder

English

Alternative forms

• disordre (obsolete)

Etymology

From dis- +‎ order. Middle English disordeine, from Old French desordainer, from Medieval Latin disordinare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɔːɹdɚ/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /dɪzˈɔːɹdəɹ/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: dis‧or‧der

Noun

disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)

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

   After playing the children left the room in disorder.

   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.

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, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

   Bulimia is an eating disorder.

   • 2015 December 21, Michael D. Geschwind, “Prion Diseases”, in Continuum (Minneap Minn), →DOI:

     A very rare polymorphism in the prion protein gene recently has been identified that appears to protect against prion disease; this finding, in addition to providing greater understanding of the prionlike mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, might lead to potential treatments.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• acquired disorder
• adjustment disorder
• affective disorder
• alcohol use disorder
• amputee identity disorder
• antisocial personality disorder
• anti-social personality disorder
• anxiety disorder
• attachment disorder
• attention deficit disorder
• attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
• auditory processing disorder
• autism spectrum disorder
• autistic disorder
• autistic spectrum disorder
• avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
• avoidant personality disorder
• binge eating disorder
• bipolar disorder
• body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
• body integrity identity disorder
• borderline personality disorder
• caffeine use disorder
• character disorder
• childhood disintegrative disorder
• cluster B personality disorder
• colony collapse disorder
• complex post-traumatic stress disorder
• conduct disorder
• congenital disorder
• conversion disorder
• delayed sleep phase disorder
• delusional disorder
• dependent personality disorder
• depersonalization-derealization disorder
• depressive disorder
• depressive personality disorder
• disorderly
• disorder of sex development
• dissociative disorder
• dissociative identity disorder
• Down syndrome regression disorder
• eating disorder
• emotionally unstable personality disorder
• fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
• functional disorder
• gender identity disorder
• generalized anxiety disorder
• genetic disorder
• haltlose personality disorder
• Hartnup disorder
• Heller's disorder
• histrionic personality disorder
• hoarding disorder
• hyperkinetic disorder
• impulse control disorder
• intermittent explosive disorder
• internet addiction disorder
• Internet addiction disorder
• major depressive disorder
• mental disorder
• mood disorder
• movement disorder
• multiple personality disorder
• narcissistic personality disorder
• nature-deficit disorder
• nature deficit disorder
• neurodisorder
• nondisorder
• nonverbal learning disorder
• obsessive-compulsive disorder
• obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
• oppositional defiant disorder
• other specified dissociative disorder
• pain disorder
• panic disorder
• paranoid personality disorder
• passive-aggressive personality disorder
• pedohebephilic disorder
• pedophilic disorder
• persistent genital arousal disorder
• personality disorder
• pervasive developmental disorder
• post traumatic stress disorder
• posttraumatic stress disorder
• post-traumatic stress disorder
• premenstrual dysphoric disorder
• quasidisorder
• reactive attachment disorder
• renal disorder
• sadistic personality disorder
• schizoaffective disorder
• schizoid personality disorder
• schizo-obsessive disorder
• schizotypal personality disorder
• seasonal affective disorder
• seasonal mood disorder
• selective eating disorder
• self-defeating personality disorder
• self-disorder
• semantic-pragmatic disorder
• separation anxiety disorder
• sleep disorder
• social anxiety disorder
• somatic symptom disorder
• somatoform disorder
• spectrum disorder
• speech disorder
• structural disorder
• Tourette's disorder
• trinucleotide repeat disorder
• whiptail disorder

 

Translations

absence of order

• Arabic: اِخْتِلال m (iḵtilāl), اِضْطِراب (ar) m (iḍṭirāb)
• Azerbaijani: nizamsızlıq, qarışıqlıq, səliqəsizlik, adda-buddalıq
• Belarusian: непара́дак m (njeparádak)
• Bulgarian: безпорядък (bg) m (bezporjadǎk)
• Catalan: desordre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混亂／混乱 (zh) (hùnluàn), 紊亂／紊乱 (zh) (wěnluàn, wènluàn)

• Czech: nepořádek (cs) m
• Danish: uorden (da) c
• Esperanto: malordo
• Finnish: epäjärjestys (fi)
• French: désordre (fr) m
• Georgian: უწესრიგობა (uc̣esrigoba)
• German: Unordnung (de) f
• Greek: αταξία (el) f (ataxía), ταραχή (el) f (tarachí)

  Ancient: ἀταξία f (ataxía)

• Hebrew: אי-סדר (y-seder)
• Hungarian: rendetlenség (hu), zűrzavar (hu)
• Icelandic: ringulreið (is) f, glundroði (is) m
• Interlingua: disordine
• Irish: neamhord m, ainriail f
• Italian: disordine (it)
• Japanese: 混乱 (ja) (こんらん, konran)
• Korean: 혼란 (ko) (hollan)
• Ladino: dezorden, enradijo, enredijo, karishiklik
• Maori: kaumingomingo
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uorden m, rot (no) n

  Nynorsk: uorden m, rot (nn) n pl

• Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış)
• Plautdietsch: Onzucht f
• Polish: nieporządek (pl) m, nieład (pl) m, bezład (pl) m
• Portuguese: desordem (pt) f
• Romanian: dezordine (ro) f, neorânduială (ro) f
• Russian: беспоря́док (ru) m (besporjádok), каварда́к (ru) m (kavardák) (colloquial), раскарда́ш (ru) m (raskardáš) (colloquial), непоря́док (ru) m (neporjádok)
• Slovak: neporiadok m
• Spanish: desorden (es) m
• Swedish: oordning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: безла́ддя (uk) n (bezláddja), бе́злад (uk) m (bézlad), не́лад m (nélad), розгардія́ш m (rozhardijáš) (colloquial), непоря́док m (neporjádok)

disturbance of civic order or of public order

• Bulgarian: безредици (bg) pl (bezredici)
• Finnish: levottomuus (fi)
• French: trouble (fr) m
• Galician: trastorno (gl) m
• Georgian: არეულობა (areuloba), უწესრიგობა (uc̣esrigoba)
• German: Unruhen (de) f pl
• Greek: αναταραχή (el) f (anatarachí)

  Ancient: τύρβη f (túrbē)

• Hungarian: zavargás (hu)
• Italian: disordine (it)
• Khmer: ល្បែ (lbae)
• Maori: kaumingomingo
• Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰴 (bulɣaq)
• Polish: anarchia (pl) f, bezład (pl) m, chaos (pl) m, dezorganizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: desordem (pt) f
• Romanian: dezordine (ro) f, tulburare (ro) f
• Russian: беспоря́дки (ru) m pl (besporjádki), волне́ния (ru) n pl (volnénija), сму́та (ru) f (smúta)
• Spanish: desorden (es) m, disturbio (es) m, desenfreno (es) m
• Swedish: oroligheter (sv) c pl

physical or psychical malfunction

• Arabic: اِضْطِرَاب (ar) m (iḍṭirāb)
• Azerbaijani: pozuntu
• Catalan: trastorn (ca) m
• Czech: porucha (cs) f
• Danish: forstyrrelse c
• Dutch: stoornis (nl) f
• Esperanto: perturbo, obstrukco
• Finnish: häiriö (fi)
• French: trouble (fr) m, désordre (fr)
• Galician: trastorno (gl) m
• Georgian: აშლილობა (ašliloba)
• German: Störung (de) f
• Greek: διαταραχή (el) f (diatarachí)
• Hungarian: zavar (hu), rendellenesség (hu), betegség (hu), megbetegedés (hu), elváltozás (hu)
• Icelandic: röskun (is) f, kvilli (is) m
• Interlingua: disordine
• Italian: disturbo (it), disordine (it)
• Japanese: 障害 (ja) (しょうがい, shōgai)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forstyrrelse m, lidelse (no) m

• Polish: zaburzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: transtorno (pt) m, distúrbio (pt) m
• Romanian: tulburare (ro) f, dereglare (ro) f
• Russian: расстро́йство (ru) m (rasstrójstvo), наруше́ние (ru) m (narušénije)
• Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok’)
• Scottish Gaelic: galar m, tinneas m, euslaint f
• Spanish: trastorno (es) m, desorden (es)
• Telugu: వ్యాధి (te) (vyādhi)
• Thai: ความผิดปรกติ, ความผิดปกติ, โรค (th) (rôok)
• Ukrainian: ро́злад m (rózlad)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} wanorde (nl) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 混乱 (ja) (konran), ^{(please verify)} 無秩序 (ja) (muchitsujo)
• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} nered m, ^{(please verify)} nemir m, ^{(please verify)} motnja (sl) f

Verb

disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)

1. (transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.
2. (transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

Derived terms

• disorderable
• disorderer

 

Translations

to throw into disorder

• Maori: whakatōhenehene

to knock out of order or sequence

• Maori: tīpaopao

Anagrams

• disordre, sordider