disintegrative

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Asymmetrical attacks become more frequent as the disintegrative phase progresses, and become the defining feature during an “age of discord.”

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2019

When an individual encounters environmental stressors, this frictional stress can cause a personality to experience disintegrative forces that can cause angst.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2017

Gina, now 24, was diagnosed 20 years ago with childhood disintegrative disorder, or CDD.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2016

ASD now encompasses autism as known previously, Asperger's disorder, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder which has not been specified.

From BBC • May 19, 2013

Feudalism itself, with its curious net-work of fealties and obligations running through the fabric of society in every direction, was by no means purely disintegrative in its tendencies.

From American Political Ideas Viewed from the Standpoint of Universal History by Fiske, John