disruptor
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6.3
- noun
- /dɪsˈrʌptər/
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innovador
- Apple is either a serial disruptor—and one of the few of its kind—or they are accidentally successful.
- endocrine disruptors
Then in politics, inevitably the Farage, Trump disruptors came together.
- Then in politics, inevitably the Farage, Trump disruptors came together.
- Name your top three favorite disruptors and why.
- So what I would say to everyone is learn how to be the disruptor, the rebel, the contrarian.
- All you can do is rely on him to be a disruptor.
- And so I think I, I saw that as a cautionary tale and said how can I become a disruptor and be a player?
- One, which is great for you because you get paid for it And, and, and secondly, that continues just to build your brand as this, this disruptor type of a person.
- It stands for Life of a Disruptor Evolving Daily.
- But then let's just say there's evil Steve who teaches sales training non-stop to real estate shows, real estate disruptors.
- I think being a disruptor for so many years has really kind of come back and bit them in the ass.
Examples
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The introduction of smartphones was a significant disruptor in the way people communicate and access information.
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Trends has a community of thousands of disruptors and Silicon Valley savants.
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Number one would be what is the biggest disruptor of our sleep today?
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So as a disruptor, what's coming?
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Name your top three favorite disruptors and why.
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Pyne: You are a disruptor... - driving the opinion home.
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"I do see Walmart as a disruptor," Jennifer said.
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So I mean, I think the one of the themes here is really thinking about how we can be the disruptor versus being the disrupted.
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If Elsevier is making a 36% profit margin off its journals business, that's good news for potential disruptors.
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If Canada is to build a true knowledge economy, policymakers will have to convince disruptors such as Musk and Smith that they can be successful at home.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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4.3
A person who creates new ideas or ways of doing things
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6.8
A person who first develops new ideas or methods in a field
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6.1
A powerful and energetic person who makes important things happen
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5.9
A person or thing that changes a market by using new ideas
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6.7
A person who does something new that others copy
A thing that strongly affects something and makes it change
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disruptor comes from dis- 'apart' and rupt 'break', the same root you see in interrupt or rupture. Think of a person or company that 'breaks' the usual way of doing things to make big change, so a disruptor is someone who causes major innovation.