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There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun derailment. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Jun 3, 2019 · The term "derailment" refers to feeling disconnected from your past self. We move house, change jobs, begin new relationships, yet most of the time, most of us still experience a thread of inner continuity – a constant feeling of me-ness that transcends the various chapters of our lives.
Derailment describes an unexpected change of direction of a ‘ train of thought’, which ‘derails’ onto a subsidiary idea. Loss of goal is essentially similar.
- Ashley Rule
- 2005
1. : to cause to run off the rails. 2. a. : to obstruct the progress of : frustrate. security problems derailed the tour. b. : to upset the stability or composure of. divorce … can seriously derail an employee Joanne Gordon.
A derailment is an accident in which a train comes off the track on which it is running..... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Definition of derailment noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
