dislocation
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
Types & categories
- break hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
the social dislocations resulting from government policies
Types & categories
- disruption hypernym
Related & opposite
- dislocate derivation
- break down derivation
Sense 3 noun
a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
Types & categories
- harm hypernym
- abarticulation hyponym
- diastasis hyponym
- spondylolisthesis hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | break down |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disruption |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dislocate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | harm |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | abarticulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | diastasis |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spondylolisthesis |