Meaning of dislocation in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌdɪsloʊˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

    US accent Play button

    UK accent Play button

  1. Noun

    dislocation

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from Old French, or from medieval Latin dislocatio(n-), from the verb dislocare (see dislocate), based on Latin locare‘to place’

    Definitions

    1. an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity

    Derived terms

  2. 2. the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

    Examples

    • « the social dislocations resulting from government policies »
    • « his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London »

    Derived terms

  3. 3. a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. »
    Harry Mathews

Browse dictionary