disarticulation
- noun
- /ˌdɪsˌɑːr.tɪ.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Specialized
:
desarticulación
- The disarticulation of the engine components caused it to malfunction during the test drive.
Examples
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This disarticulation of the productive structure exacerbated already serious problems of unemployment and underemployment and greatly accelerated the phenomenal growth of the so-called "informal" sector.
Academic text (1993) -
"Eliminating it through removal of state controls would not give rise to market-led development but to the disarticulation of orderly economic activity" (Portes and Schauffler, pp. 162-63).
Academic text (1998) -
This, in turn, would contribute to the progressive disarticulation of social networks and the erosion.
Academic text (1993) -
They reveal an essential failure of disarticulation, which was already there in the original.
Academic text (1997) -
The professor explained how the disarticulation of the historical narrative impacted our understanding of events.
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In the design process, the disarticulation of parts helped engineers identify weaknesses in the structure.
Synonyms
17
6.3
Cutting an animal or plant open to study its inside parts
14
4.4
The act of taking a machine or system apart
3
5.9
The act of taking a machine or building apart into separate parts
2
5.2
To take something apart, often a machine, so you can fix or check it
2
7.2
Breaking a molecule or bond into smaller parts
1
5.0
Separating things that were joined before, for example train cars
1
7.8
The act of separating something from a group or connection
1
7.9
Breaking a whole into smaller separate parts
Parts that were held together come apart
Antonyms
How Disconnected
Surface Forms
Morphology
disarticulation = articulation (semi-transparent) = dis + articulation
The components are clear, but this sense generalizes from bodily or speech 'joints' to any connected parts, which is a broader metaphorical extension.
Etymology
Disarticulation comes from dis- 'apart' and articulate 'to join'. Imagine parts of a bridge or machine being pulled 'apart' where they should join, which is why the word means the breaking or loss of a normal connection between joined parts.