derailment

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French déraillement. === Noun === derailment (countable and uncountable, plural derailments) (rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic. An instance of thwarting or frustrating something. (psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas. Synonym: knight's move thinking ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === derailment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “derailment”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === delirament, terminaled