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disorientation
noun
Confusion about one's surroundings, direction, time, or circumstances.
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For a moment, the mirrored hallway caused a sense of disorientation.
In a dream chapter, disorientation leaves a traveler unable to recognize the station or determine which journey she is supposed to be making.
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The joined source spelling temporaldisorientation is indexed only to recover the original notes; standard writing uses temporal disorientation.
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