disorientamento

Definitions of disorientamento
  1. noun
    a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another
    synonyms: sfasamento
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    abbarbagliamento, difetto, errore, fallo, mancanza, reato, sbaglio, sgarro
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
  2. noun
    a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
    synonyms: confusione, intontimento, sfasamento
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    caligine
    confusion characterized by lack of clarity
    panico, sfasamento, sgomento, smarrimento
    confusion resulting from failure to understand
    dubbio, esitazione, incertezza, indecisione, perplessità, scrupolo, se, titubanza
    trouble or confusion resulting from complexity
    enigma, interrogativo, mistero, nodo gordiano, rebus
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
    andirivieni, garbuglio, intrico, intrigo, labirinto, matassa, meandro, retroscena, tortuosità, viluppo
    something jumbled or confused
  3. noun
    confusion resulting from failure to understand
    synonyms: panico, sfasamento, sgomento, smarrimento
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    confusione, intontimento, sfasamento
    a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
  4. noun
    a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused
    synonyms: straniamento
  5. noun
    disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably
    synonyms: confusione, sfasamento
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    demoralizzazione
    a state of disorder and confusion
    bagarre, baraonda, bordello, buriana, can can, caos, casino, confusione, disordine, finimondo, giungla, marasma, pandemonio, parapiglia, putiferio, quarantotto, rivoluzione, sarabanda, sbandamento, sbando, scompiglio, sconquasso, soqquadro, sottosopra, subbuglio, tempesta, trambusto, turbolenza, vespaio
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
    type of:
    agitazione, disordine, moto, tumulto
    a disturbance of the peace or of public order
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