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disequilibrium

[dis-ee-kwuh-lib-ree-uhm, dis-ee-] / dɪsˌi kwəˈlɪb ri əm, ˌdɪs i- /
NOUN
giddiness
Synonyms
STRONG
lightheadedness shakiness unsteadiness vertigo
WEAK
loss of balance loss of equilibrium spinning head vertiginousness wobbliness wooziness
NOUN
insecureness
Synonyms
STRONG
alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness
WEAK
unfixedness unsureness
Antonyms
STRONG
calm certainty ease peace strength sureness
NOUN
instability
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anxiety fluctuation insecurity uncertainty volatility vulnerability weakness
STRONG
alternation capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience unpredictability unreliability unsteadiness vacillation variability wavering
WEAK
unfixedness
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STRONG
calm
WEAK
balance constancy soundness stability steadfastness
NOUN
precariousness
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STRONG
alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness
WEAK
unfixedness unsureness
Antonyms
STRONG
calm certainty ease peace strength sureness
NOUN
ricketiness
Synonyms
STRONG
alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness
WEAK
unfixedness wobbliness
Antonyms
STRONG
calm certainty ease peace strength sureness
NOUN
shakiness
Synonyms
STRONG
alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness
WEAK
unfixedness unsureness
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STRONG
calm certainty ease peace strength sureness
NOUN
unbalance
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STRONG
astasia instability
WEAK
disequilibration
NOUN
unstableness
Synonyms
STRONG
alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness ricketiness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness
WEAK
unfixedness wobbliness
Antonyms
STRONG
calm certainty ease peace strength sureness
NOUN
unsteadiness
Synonyms
STRONG
alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecurity instability irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness ricketiness shakiness transience uncertainty unpredictability unreliability vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness
WEAK
unfixedness wobbliness
Antonyms
STRONG
calm certainty ease peace strength sureness
NOUN
unsureness
Synonyms
WEAK
alternation anxiety capriciousness changeability changeableness disquiet fickleness fitfulness flightiness fluctuation fluidity frailty hesitation immaturity impermanence inconsistency inquietude insecureness insecurity irregularity irresolution mutability oscillation pliancy precariousness restlessness shakiness transience uncertainty unfixedness unpredictability unreliability unstableness unsteadiness vacillation variability volatility vulnerability wavering weakness
NOUN
vertigo
Synonyms
STRONG
giddiness lightheadedness shakiness unsteadiness
WEAK
loss of balance loss of equilibrium spinning head wobbliness wooziness

Example Sentences

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But the electric connection he makes with the mind of his viewer is through visual and visceral disequilibrium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In a typical genomic region, many variants are highly correlated with each other, due to a phenomenon called linkage disequilibrium.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

Still, Galileo measured oxygen and methane in Earth’s atmosphere, the latter in ratios that suggested a disequilibrium brought about by living organisms.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

One of my ideas was to place a figure from the Age of Enlightenment, a humanist, in a sort of psychic disequilibrium.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

Preceding acts, however, may very well give evidence of the state of mind and the tendencies to disequilibrium which may make an apparently normal individual irresponsible under trying circumstances.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

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