Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
- n. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
- n. The state of being disorganized.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion
- n. a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted
Etymologies
- From French désorganiser. Equivalent to dis- + organization (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It leads to what I call disorganization: your mind is dissolving and you're not able to compute all the stimulation coming in.”
“To fall by disorganization is the biggest sin in politics.”
“Because while I heard a lot of stories of disorganization from the guests, I heard only good things from the fans.”
“Little piles are starting to emerge and your disorganization is starting to affect your life and inconvenience you.”
“(b) Economic disorganization is a potent cause of civil war and unrest.”
“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.”
The Huffington Post: Ed Zitron: Ride the Whirlwind: Making a New York Minute Last
“I believe the disorganization is a feature," he says.”
“But you know it's typical disorganization, which is scary the day after you win the Olympic bid, you know, that this sort of thing happens.”
“When I went to meet with her, I quickly realized that the disorganization was an optical illusion.”
“Much of the disorganization is a result of many new agencies joining the effort that had not worked in the camps before, said Aidan O'Leary, the head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.”
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