derangement

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /dɪˈreɪndʒmənt/ UK /dɪˈreɪndʒmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a state of disorder or insanity; mental disturbance

The fever brought on a temporary derangement of his senses.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a state of disorder or... insanity madness disorder disturbance lunacy disarray confusion

Opposites

order sanity arrangement lucidity

Word family

Related forms derange deranged arrange

Etymology

Formed from the verb derange plus the suffix -ment; derange is from French déranger, from Old French desrengier ('to disarrange, throw into disorder'), from des- ('apart') plus rengier ('to put in a row'), from reng ('row, line'), of Germanic origin.

desrengier Old French *hringaz Proto-Germanic

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# derangement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈreɪndʒmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈreɪndʒmənt/

## Meanings
1. a state of disorder or insanity; mental disturbance

## Examples
- The fever brought on a temporary derangement of his senses.

## Synonyms
- insanity
- madness
- disorder
- disturbance
- lunacy
- disarray
- confusion

## Antonyms
- order
- sanity
- arrangement
- lucidity

## Related Forms
- derange
- deranged
- arrange

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: desrengier
- Root: *hringaz

## Etymology
Formed from the verb derange plus the suffix -ment; derange is from French déranger, from Old French desrengier ('to disarrange, throw into disorder'), from des- ('apart') plus rengier ('to put in a row'), from reng ('row, line'), of Germanic origin.

## AI Etymology
Derangement has the etymological history Formed from the verb derange plus the suffix -ment; derange is from French déranger, from Old French desrengier ('to disarrange, throw into disorder'), from des- ('apart') plus rengier ('to put in a row'), from reng ('row, line'), of Germanic origin. The ancestry passes through Old French desrengier and Proto-Germanic *hringaz. In present use as a noun, it means "a state of disorder or insanity; mental disturbance", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include derange, deranged, and arrange.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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