DESTABILISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does destabilisation mean? 

• DESTABILISATION (noun)
  The noun DESTABILISATION has 1 sense:

1. the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)

  Familiarity information: DESTABILISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESTABILISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

destabilisation; destabilization

Hypernyms ("destabilisation" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Domain category:

administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)

Antonym:

stabilisation (the act of stabilizing something or making it more stable)

Derivation:

destabilise (make unstable)

destabilise (become unstable)