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STATE OF FLUX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does state of flux mean?
• STATE OF FLUX (noun)
The noun STATE OF FLUX has 1 sense:
1. a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
Familiarity information: STATE OF FLUX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
flux; state of flux
Context example:
the flux following the death of the emperor
Hypernyms ("state of flux" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
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