perturbation
/ˌpɝtɝˈbeɪʃən/
anxiety; mental uneasiness; a disturbance
perturbation in a sentence
“The news caused great perturbation in the markets.”
Origin of perturbation
Latin perturbatio confusion, disorder from perturbare to disturb greatly from per- thoroughly + turbare to disturb
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