'Dislocation' definitions:
Definition of 'dislocation'
From: WordNet
noun
An event that results in a displacement or discontinuity [syn: dislocation, disruption]
noun
The act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" [syn: dislocation, breakdown]
noun
A displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
Definition of 'Dislocation'
From: GCIDE
- Dislocation \Dis`lo*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. dislocation.]
- 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. --T. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Surg.) The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dislocation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- alienation,
- convulsion,
- derangement,
- detachment,
- disarrangement,
- disarticulation,
- disassociation,
- discomposure,
- disconnectedness,
- disconnection,
- discontinuity,
- disengagement,
- disjointing,
- disjunction,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- disturbance,
- disunion,
- division,
- divorce,
- divorcement,
- incoherence,
- insanity,
- isolation,
- luxation,
- misarrangement,
- parting,
- partition,
- perturbation,
- removal,
- segmentation,
- separation,
- separatism,
- shuffling,
- subdivision,
- subtraction,
- withdrawal,
- zoning