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disorient
[dis-awr-ee-ent, -ohr-]
verb (used with object)
to cause to lose one's way.
The strange streets disoriented him.
to confuse by removing or obscuring something that has guided a person, group, or culture, as customs, moral standards, etc..
Society has been disoriented by changing values.
Psychiatry.to cause to lose perception of time, place, or one's personal identity.
Word History and Origins
Origin of disorient1
Example Sentences
People can get completely disoriented, run the wrong way and “get cooked,” he said.
A disoriented and agitated Spears shows up late, rejects the pre-selected wardrobe choices for the photo shoot and locks herself in the bathroom.
In all, to be so perpetually overwhelmed and disoriented is a choice at this point in the long Age of Trump.
These experiences may involve frightening and anxiety-ridden experiences like hallucinations, or things like the dissolution of the ego, which can be disorienting and lead to a feeling of dissociation with oneself.
The medium described her first disorienting experiences hearing voices as a teenager, and her initial fear and distress.
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