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derangements

derangements is the plural of derangement.

Meaning of derangement

Noun

derangement (countable and uncountable, plural derangements)

  1. The property of being deranged.
    • His [James Stewart's] postwar roles, full of myopic obsession, stalkerish derangement, and a desire for vengeance, don't seem like ground Hanks is willing to cover.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC
  2. An act or instance of deranging.
    • Young as he was at the time, he had seen the imprudence of Mr. Granard's way of living; he had often remonstrated, and the death of his father, with the subsequent derangement of his affairs, had alone prevented his following up his advice with such assistance as would have made it effectual.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 93
  3. A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

Questions about derangements

What is derangements the plural of?
Derangements is the plural of derangement.

Words near derangements in the dictionary

  1. derangedly
  2. derangedness
  3. derangement
  4. derangement syndrome
  5. derangement syndromes
  6. derangements
  7. deranger
  8. derangers
  9. deranges
  10. deranging
  11. derangingly

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