disorientation

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ orientation or perhaps disorientate +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌɔːɹɪənˈteɪʃən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˌɔ.ɹi.ɪnˈteɪ.ʃn̩/

  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

disorientation (usually uncountable, plural disorientations)

1. the loss of one's sense of direction, or of one's position in relationship with the surroundings.
2. a state of confusion with regard to time, place or identity.
   • 2005, Helen Oyeyemi, The Icarus Girl, Bloomsbury, page 50:

     For the first time since arriving in Nigeria, she felt a gaping disorientation; for a split second she couldnʼt even remember where she was.

3. a delusion.

Related terms

• disorient
• disorientate
• orientation

Translations

the loss of one's sense of direction

• Bulgarian: дезориентация f (dezorientacija)
• Greek: αποπροσανατολισμός (el) m (apoprosanatolismós)
• Hungarian: dezorientáció (hu)
• Italian: disorientamento (it)

a state of confusion with regard to time, place or identity

• Bulgarian: дезориентация f (dezorientacija)
• Greek: αποπροσανατολισμός (el) m (apoprosanatolismós)
• Indonesian: disorentasi
• Malay: penanaran

delusion

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• French: ^{(please verify)} désorientation (fr) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} とまどい (ja) (tomadoi)