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disequilibrium

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From dis- +‎ equilibrium.

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disequilibrium (plural disequilibria or disequilibriums)

  1. The loss of equilibrium or stability, especially due to an imbalance of forces.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 15:
      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.

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