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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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This step created a structural imbalance known as a Janus reaction.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Problem Facing Everyone Over the last 40-plus years, there’s been a growing imbalance in the nation’s economy.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 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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Agreeing to terms, then revisiting them repeatedly, signals instability.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Turkish officials have expressed concern that intervention in Iran could spark instability or trigger a refugee influx.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Disequilibrium.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disequilibrium. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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