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disturbance
has definitions from the field of psychiatry
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[ noun ] activity that is an intrusion or interruption
Synonyms Examples "he looked around for the source of the disturbance" "there was a disturbance of neural function" Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)In other studies , loss of differentiation in previously established conditioned_reflexes resulted from repeated convulsive ( metrazol ) treatments , suggesting a fundamental disturbance in the balance between excitatory and inhibitory cerebral processes . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)They were reluctant to appoint sheriffs to protect the property , thus running_the_risk of creating disturbances such_as that on the Vermejo , and yet the cowboys protested that they got no salary for arresting cattle_thieves and running_the_risk of being shot . Related terms |
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[ noun ] an unhappy and worried mental state
Synonyms Examples "there was too much anger and disturbance" "she didn't realize the upset she caused me" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Freeman , Cameron and McGhie , in their description of the disturbances of thinking found in chronic schizophrenic patients , say , in regard_to condensation , that `` the lack of adequate discrimination between the self and the environment , and the objects contained therein in itself is the prototypical condensation '' . (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)Casey heard the voice distinctly and he knew who it was , but it took him a while to make the mental readjustment and control the disturbance inside his head . |
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[ noun ] a disorderly outburst or tumult
Examples "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" Related terms disorder convulsion tumult storm storm_center earthquake incident |
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[ noun ] the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion
Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)Japanese fishermen have sometimes observed that sardines hauled up in their nets during a tsunami have enormously swollen stomachs ; the fish have swallowed vast numbers of bottom living diatoms , raised to the surface by the disturbance . |
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[ noun ] (psychiatry) a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness
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[ noun ] electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
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