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UK
/dɪsˌɔːɹiəntˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /dɪˌsɔɹiənˈteɪʃən/ ]
[ US /dɪˌsɔɹiənˈteɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction
his disorientation was the result of inattention - a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)
How To Use disorientation In A Sentence
- Today's intellectual pessimism and cultural disorientation distracts the human imagination from confronting challenges that lie ahead.
- Morris was so stunned by this that he experienced a moment of total disorientation.
- An overstuffed chair for the use of the interrogatee is sometimes preferable to a straight-backed, wooden chair because if he is made to stand for a lengthy period or is otherwise deprived of physical comfort, the contrast is intensified and increased disorientation results. The Dark Art of Interrogation
- Instead, the asyndetic form of these texts promotes the opacity and disorientation of modularity.
- The Stalinists opposed any struggle by the working class for its independent interests and created widespread political disorientation.
- He created a strong sense of the alienness of the Antarctic environment and the disorientation it produces.
- Here the man's main struggle is against himself and the disorientation played out by his own weakened and wandering mind.
- However, presenting a slow first act and briskly paced second and third acts does create some disorientation.
- Some use it as a means to depict their disorientation and melancholy.
- There is concern that boats in the river could pose a danger to the whale, with the noise of their engines adding to its disorientation.