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Recent Examples of disequilibrium
One of my ideas was to place a figure from the Age of Enlightenment, a humanist, in a sort of psychic disequilibrium.
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Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Billy's severe psychotic episodes point to a brain in disequilibrium and, correspondingly, to the need for drugs and treatments to alter this pathology as a basic standard of care.
—Matthew M. Kurtz, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
However, the feelings of disequilibrium weren’t going away.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
Captured in each is a moment—always a moment, present tense—of disequilibrium between the inside and the outside of an individual existence.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
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Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Billy's severe psychotic episodes point to a brain in disequilibrium and, correspondingly, to the need for drugs and treatments to alter this pathology as a basic standard of care.
—Matthew M. Kurtz, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
However, the feelings of disequilibrium weren’t going away.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2023
Captured in each is a moment—always a moment, present tense—of disequilibrium between the inside and the outside of an individual existence.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disequilibrium
Noun
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Nowhere is this imbalance more obvious than in nursing homes and hospitals.—
Grace Brown,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Crepey skin is often linked to changes in collagen and elastin, combined with a moisture imbalance, which is where body oils shine.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Fashion is a sector that has heavily relied on third-party manufacturing, producing an overall unbalance of big brands versus small players.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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Many also question whether its prize pool has the potential to unbalance leagues when participating teams return home.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
Noun
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Entropy maximization has long been thought to be a trait of nonequilibrium systems.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
26 Jan. 2017
Noun
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The commission faced instability in 2025, following the resignation of two commissioners.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2026
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Some have pointed to incidents of mob violence in December, including attacks on two media houses in Dhaka and on heritage cultural institutions, as signs of lingering instability.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Disequilibrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disequilibrium. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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