Disorder and Pattern

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Disorder noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

Usage example: the general disorder of the room after the guests finally left the party

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Pattern is an antonym for disorder.

Pattern noun - A unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric).

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Disorder is an antonym for pattern in topics: model, arrangement, design, copy.

particular	particular disorder	particular pattern
similar	similar disorder	similar pattern
common	common disorder	common pattern
specific	specific disorder	specific pattern
Other adjectives: complex, regular, classic, unusual, random, strange, different, genetic.

Chronic Backstabbing Disorder is when a specific character constantly and successfully betrays his apparent allegiances, only to move on to a new group and repeat the pattern.

Source: Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Has established a pattern on the main roster of making (or at least trying to make) friends with other Divas only to turn on them later.

Source: Wrestling / Paige
Ambiguous Disorder: Richie Cusack doesn't seem completely sane; he can have an odd speech pattern, had Troubling Unchildlike Behavior as a child, and seems almost divorced from normal human emotions.

Source: Film / A History of Violence

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