Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Destruction of organization; disunion or disruption of constituent parts; a breaking up of order or system: as, the disorganization of a government or of an army.—2. The absence of organization or orderly arrangement; disarrangement; disorder; confusion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
- noun The state of being disorganized.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of disorganizing; destruction of
system . - noun The state of being
disorganized ; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion
- noun a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
Etymologies
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Examples
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It leads to what I call disorganization: your mind is dissolving and you're not able to compute all the stimulation coming in.
‘Waking Nightmares’ 2007
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To fall by disorganization is the biggest sin in politics.
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Because while I heard a lot of stories of disorganization from the guests, I heard only good things from the fans.
OmegaCon: If You Build It, They Will Come Lou Anders 2008
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Because while I heard a lot of stories of disorganization from the guests, I heard only good things from the fans.
Archive 2008-03-01 Lou Anders 2008
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Little piles are starting to emerge and your disorganization is starting to affect your life and inconvenience you.
Boing Boing: October 28, 2001 - November 3, 2001 Archives 2001
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(b) Economic disorganization is a potent cause of civil war and unrest.
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My disorganization was a chaotic river that I waded through every day, somehow coming out the other end dry only due to the comparatively placid pace of being a Londoner.
Ed Zitron: Ride the Whirlwind: Making a New York Minute Last Ed Zitron 2010
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My disorganization was a chaotic river that I waded through every day, somehow coming out the other end dry only due to the comparatively placid pace of being a Londoner.
Ed Zitron: Ride the Whirlwind: Making a New York Minute Last Ed Zitron 2010
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"I believe the disorganization is a feature," he says.
All Eyes on Google 2008
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"I believe the disorganization is a feature," he says.
ALL EYES ON GOOGLE 2007
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- ablation
- anarchism
- anarcho-syndicalism
- anarchy
- antinomianism
- atomization
- befuddlement
- bewilderment
- biodegradability
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- bloodbath
- blue ruin
- bother
- botheration
- breakup
- carnage
- chaos
- cloud
- confusion
- consumption
- convulsion
- corrosion
- corruption
- criminal syndicalism
- crumbling
- damnation
- daze
- deactivation
- decay
- decimation
- decomposition
- degradability
- degradation
- demobilization
- demoralization
- depredation
- derangement
- desolation
- despoilment
- despoliation
- destruction
- detachment
- devastation
- diaspora
- dilapidation
- disarrangement
- disarray
- disarticulation
- disbandment
- discombobulation
- discomfiture
- discomposure
- disconcertedness
- disconcertion
- disharmony
- dishevelment
- disintegration
- disjunction
- dislocation
- dismissal
- disorder
- disorderliness
- disorientation
- dispersal
- dispersion
- disproportion
- disruption
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- disturbance
- embarrassment
- entropy
- erosion
- flummox
- flurry
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- flutter
- fog
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- fuddle
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- haphazardness
- havoc
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- hecatomb
- holocaust
- incoherence
- indiscriminateness
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- maze
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- misarrangement
- misrule
- mist
- mob law
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- mold
- most admired disorder
- muddle
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- nihilism
- nonsymmetry
- nonuniformity
- ochlocracy
- oxidation
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- pucker
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- slaughter
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- syndicalism
- tizzy
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- turbulence
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- undoing
- unruliness
- unsettlement
- unsymmetry
- ununiformity
- upset
- vandalism
- waste
- wear
- wear and tear
- wrack
- wrack and ruin
- wreck
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- aspiration
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- aviation
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- cetacean
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- coronation
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- correlation
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- creation
- cremation
- criminalization
- crustacean
- culmination
- cultivation
- dalmatian
- damnation
- decapitation
- deceleration
- decentralization
- decertification
- declaration
- decontamination
- decoration
- decriminalization
- dedication
- defamation
- deflation
- deforestation
- deformation
- degeneration
- degradation
- dehumanization
- dehydration
- deification
- deinstitutionalization
- delegation
- deliberation
- delineation
- demarcation
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- demobilization
- democratization
- demodulation
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- denationalization
- denomination
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- denunciation
- deportation
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- desalination
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- enumeration
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- evaporation
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- examination
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- excitation
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- excommunication
- exfoliation
- exhalation
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- exhumation
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- granulation
- gratification
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- habitation
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- hydration
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- industrialization
- infatuation
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- infiltration
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- information
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- inhalation
- initiation
- innovation
- inoculation
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- inspiration
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- instrumentation
- insubordination
- insulation
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- interpretation
- interrogation
- intimation
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- investigation
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- invocation
- ionization
- irradiation
- irrigation
- irritation
- isolation
- jubilation
- justification
- laceration
- lactation
- legalization
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- liberation
- libration
- ligation
- limitation
- liquidation
- litigation
- localization
- location
- lubrication
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- magnetization
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- malformation
- manifestation
- manipulation
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- masturbation
- maturation
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- mediation
- medication
- meditation
- menstruation
- migration
- mineralization
- miniaturization
- ministration
- misallocation
- misapplication
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- miscalculation
- mischaracterization
- miscommunication
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- miseration
- misidentification
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- mitigation
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- nation
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- navigation
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- nomination
- nondiscrimination
- nonproliferation
- normalization
- notation
- notification
- nucleation
- nullification
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- obligation
- obliteration
- observation
- occupation
- operation
- optation
- optimization
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- ordination
- organisation
- organization
- orientation
- origination
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- ossification
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- ovation
- overpopulation
- overregulation
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- ovulation
- oxidation
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- pagination
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- participation
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- pigmentation
- plantation
- polarization
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- polymerization
- pontification
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- population
- precipitation
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- reformation
- refrigeration
- refutation
- regeneration
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- registration
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- relation
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- remuneration
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- renomination
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- renunciation
- reorganization
- reparation
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- replication
- representation
- repudiation
- reputation
- reregulation
- reservation
- resignation
- respiration
- restoration
- resuscitation
- retaliation
- retardation
- reunification
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- revelation
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- rotation
- rumination
- russification
- salvation
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- sanitation
- saponification
- sarmatian
- saturation
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- sedation
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- segmentation
- segregation
- self-congratulation
- self-determination
- sensation
- separation
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- simplification
- simulation
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- situation
- socialization
- solicitation
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- specialization
- specification
- speculation
- stabilization
- stagflation
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- starvation
- station
- sterilization
- stimulation
- stipulation
- strangulation
- subluxation
- subordination
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- substantiation
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- suffocation
- summation
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- synchronization
- syndication
- tabloidization
- tabulation
- taxation
- telecommunication
- temptation
- termination
- titillation
- toleration
- transformation
- transillumination
- translation
- transplantation
- transportation
- trepidation
- triangulation
- tribulation
- ulceration
- undervaluation
- unification
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- urbanization
- usurpation
- utilization
- vacation
- vaccination
- vacillation
- validation
- valuation
- vaporization
- variation
- vegetation
- veneration
- ventilation
- verification
- vibration
- victimization
- vilification
- vindication
- violation
- visitation
- visualization
- vocation
- vulgarization
- westernization
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