Meanings
plural disequilibria · plural disequilibriums · alternative dysequilibrium
- The loss of equilibrium or stability, especially due to an imbalance of forces.
The world of the angelic hierarchy was an evolutionary stream of light in a steady-state, but the creation of Adam from matter disturbs that primordial steady-state; it generates the creative disequilibrium necessary for change, transformation, and evolution.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 15
Synonyms & antonyms
nounloss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishequilibrium
- Englishdisequilibrium
From dis- + equilibrium.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech nerovnováha
- nerovnováhathe loss of equilibrium or stability
Dutch onevenwichtigheid, desequilibrium
- onevenwichtigheidthe loss of equilibrium or stability
- desequilibriumthe loss of equilibrium or stability
- labiliteitthe loss of equilibrium or stability
- wankelbaarheidthe loss of equilibrium or stability
German Ungleichgewicht
- Ungleichgewichtthe loss of equilibrium or stability
Greek ανισοσκελία
- ανισοσκελία (anisoskelía)the loss of equilibrium or stability
Hindi असंतुलन
- असंतुलन (asantulan)the loss of equilibrium or stability
Irish éagothromaíocht
- éagothromaíochtthe loss of equilibrium or stability
Italian squilibrio
- squilibriothe loss of equilibrium or stability
Japanese 不均衡
- 不均衡 (fukinkō)the loss of equilibrium or stability
Polish nierównowaga
- nierównowagathe loss of equilibrium or stability
Romanian dezechilibru, instabilitate
- dezechilibruthe loss of equilibrium or stability
- instabilitatethe loss of equilibrium or stability
- dezechilibrarethe loss of equilibrium or stability
Spanish desequilibrio
- desequilibriothe loss of equilibrium or stability
Cite this entry
disequilibrium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disequilibrium
“disequilibrium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disequilibrium. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disequilibrium,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disequilibrium.
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