Dictionary entry

Disorganization

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis‐or′gan‐i‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. désorganisation. See Disorganize, v. t.] 1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.

2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.

The magazine of a pawnbroker in such total disorganization, that the owner can never lay his hands upon any one article at the moment he has occasion for it. Sir W. Scott.