English noun: dislocation | |||
1. | dislocation (event) an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity | ||
Synonyms | disruption | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break, interruption | ||
2. | dislocation (act) the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue | ||
Samples | The social dislocations resulting from government policies. His warning came after the breakdown of talks in London. | ||
Synonyms | breakdown | ||
Broader (hypernym) | disruption, perturbation | ||
3. | dislocation (state) a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | harm, hurt, injury, trauma | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abarticulation, diastasis, spondylolisthesis | ||