dysergy

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noun

The opposite of synergy: bad effects resulting from some combination of factors.

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Meanings

noundysergy (countable and uncountable, plural dysergies)

plural dysergies

  1. countableuncountableThe opposite of synergy: bad effects resulting from some combination of factors.

    There are many health-related dysergies because people actively seek to harm their bodies at the same time as society is harmed collectively because it must pay the cost of healthcare.

    2009, Barbara M. Birch, The English Language Teacher in Global Civil Society, page 83
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Chicago

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