dislocation
pronunciation
How to pronounce dislocation in British English:
UK [ˌdɪslə'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce dislocation in American English:
US [ˌdɪsloˈkeʃən]
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- Noun:
- an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
- the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
- a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
Word Origin
- dislocation (n.)
- c. 1400, originally of bones, from Old French dislocacion (14c.), or directly from Medieval Latin dislocationem (nominative dislocatio), noun of action from past participle stem of dislocare (see dislocate). General sense is from c. 1600.
Example
- 1. There is still a risk of financial dislocation .
- 2. Now I know that it 's the first response to every impending dislocation .
- 3. For the banking system , however , there are still signs of dislocation .
- 4. The risk of financial dislocation is affecting decisions and doing real damage .
- 5. It could also cite a precedent for leaving a currency union without undue dislocation : ireland and slovakia .