Disorientate

Origin

- + orient + -

Full definition of disorientate

Verb

1. Alternative form of disorient
• 1941, Frederic William Eggleston, Search for a Social Philosophy, p254Ideas often disorientate a system which has been formed on a particular pattern and make it inapplicable; so ideas may lead to the readjustment of groups and sometimes of political boundaries.

Derived terms

• disorientation