Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Dislocation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
"the social dislocations resulting from government policies"
"his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London"
a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column)
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.