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unsettlement

[uhn-set-l-muhnt] / ʌnˈsɛt l mənt /


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It always seeks out that which will increase its own velocity, deepen its hold, magnify its unsettlement….

From Salon Dec. 27, 2024

It signals a widespread social unsettlement, an unbounded and uncontainable anxiety.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2021

This unsettlement stretches across species, and is at its most playful in A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Titania’s drug-fuelled enchantment with Bottom as an ass.

From The Guardian Apr. 18, 2016

The Middle East, with its tremendous unsettlement due to the Arab Spring, is looking for safety, and Asians who have relatively robust economies and tremendous growth are looking to expand.

From New York Times Jul. 3, 2012

But the confusion and feeling of unsettlement attendant on the change distracted Prescott more than it would have done a man less habituated to a self-imposed routine.

From William Hickling Prescott by Harry Thurston Peck




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