derangement

[US]/dɪˈreɪnd ʒmənt/
[UK]/dɪ'rendʒmənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.mental disorder;;disturbance.

Phrases & Collocations

mental derangement

emotional derangement

Example Sentences

Iron metabolic derangement possibly affects lipid peroxidization and aggravates liver injury of the patients with viral hepatitis B.

a state of derangement

derangement of the senses

derangement of the mind

derangement of the nervous system

derangement of the digestive system

derangement of the schedule

derangement of the plans

Real-world Examples

The regulations, however, by which this derangement is effected in those two different branches of trade, are not altogether the same.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part Four)

And there is the third rare motive, murder for an idea which implies some form of mental derangement on the part of the murderer.

Source: Murder at the golf course

A lack of sleep or its’ derangement may affect mental activities and remarkably decrease its’ functional level.Scientists recommend a period of 6 to 8 hours of daily sleep.

Source: Scientific World

I swept it along the carpet, and then memory burst in: my late anguish was swallowed in a paroxysm of despair. I cannot say why I felt so wildly wretched: it must have been temporary derangement, for there is scarcely cause.

Source: Wuthering Heights

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