[dis-awr-ee-en-tid, -ohr-] 
| confused as to time or place; out of touch: therapy for disoriented patients. |
[dis-awr-ee-ent, -ohr-] | 1. | to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him. |
| 2. | to confuse by removing or obscuring something that has guided a person, group, or culture, as customs, moral standards, etc.: Society has been disoriented by changing values. |
| 3. | Psychiatry. to cause to lose perception of time, place, or one's personal identity. |
| dis·o·ri·ent (dĭs-ôr'ē-ěnt', -ōr'-) tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. |
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