unhingement

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noun

The act of unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.

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Meanings

noununhingement (countable and uncountable, plural unhingements)

plural unhingements

  1. countableuncountableThe act of unhinging, or the state of being unhinged.

    Yet we have to remember that six consecutive days of rehearsing the star part of The Fallen Angel, at the New Gaiety Theatre where the plaster was not properly dry, might have brought about an unhingement of spirits which, again, might have led to eccentricities.

    [1889 January], Rudyard Kipling, “(please specify the page)”, in Under the Deodars (A. H. Wheeler & Co.’s Indian Railway Library; no. 4), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh: A[rthur] H[enry] Wheeler & Co.; London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC

Origin

From unhinge + -ment.

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APA

unhingement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhingement

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“unhingement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhingement. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unhingement,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unhingement.

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