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disorient

[ dis-awr-ee-ent, -ohr- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to lose one's way:

    The strange streets disoriented him.

  2. to confuse by removing or obscuring something that has guided a person, group, or culture, as customs, moral standards, etc.:

    Society has been disoriented by changing values.

  3. Psychiatry. to cause to lose perception of time, place, or one's personal identity.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of disorient1

1645–55; < French »åé²õ´Ç°ù¾±±ð²Ô³Ù±ð°ù, equivalent to »åé²õ- dis- 1 + orienter to orient
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If you’ve hypothetically wondered, “What is time anymore,†it may be both alarming and a relief to know you’re not the only temporally disoriented person out here.

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The Trumpocene is a surreal, disorienting spectacle that has conquered so much of American culture and politics.

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For the first weeks after Drakeo’s killing, I regularly snapped awake at 3:30 a.m., sweaty and disoriented, unsure where I was.

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He lived in Gardena, far from the devastation, but knew how disorienting loss can be.

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In record time he has managed to storm through the government like an Abrams tank, crushing everything in his path and leaving anyone who survives stunned and disoriented.

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