disequilibrium
System out of balance
Disequilibrium is a state of imbalance or instability.
In economics, it describes markets where supply and demand are misaligned: The housing market remains in disequilibrium.
In medicine, it refers to impaired balance or spatial orientation: The patient experienced disequilibrium after the inner ear infection.
The word emphasizes disruption of a prior or expected equilibrium.
Tendency toward unpredictable change
- tipping pointThreshold triggering major change
- off-balanceLacking stable equilibrium
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
- asymmetryAbsence of balanced form
unsteadiness · toppling · precarious · tilting · center of gravity · falling · listing · imbalance
Sensation of spinning
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- inner earBalance and hearing center
- balance disorderImpaired spatial orientation condition
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
spatial disorientation · labyrinthitis · motion sickness · unsteadiness · nystagmus · wooziness · lightheadedness · proprioception
Discomfort from contradictory beliefs
- emotional turmoilIntense inner agitation
- inner conflictPsychological tension within oneself
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
anxiety · disturbance · unease · dysregulation · stress · fragmentation · dissociation · overwhelm
Lack of proportion
- trade deficitImports exceed exports financially
- inflationSustained price level increase
- currency fluctuationShifts in money's worth
- recessionProlonged economic decline
supply shortage · fiscal crisis · stagflation · boom-bust · capital flight · debt spiral · devaluation · hyperinflation
Forceful interruption of process
- perturbationState of being unsettled
- feedback loopSelf-modifying cyclical process
- dysregulationImpaired regulatory function
- entropyQuantified chaos in systems
instability · chemical imbalance · metabolic disorder · flux · oscillation · environmental stress · population crash · system failure
instability
Tendency toward unpredictable change
- tipping pointThreshold triggering major change
- off-balanceLacking stable equilibrium
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
asymmetry · unsteadiness · toppling · precarious · tilting · center of gravity · falling · listing · imbalance · shifting weight
vertigo
Sensation of spinning
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- inner earBalance and hearing center
- balance disorderImpaired spatial orientation condition
nausea · spatial disorientation · labyrinthitis · motion sickness · unsteadiness · nystagmus · wooziness · lightheadedness · proprioception · equilibrioception
cognitive dissonance
Discomfort from contradictory beliefs
- emotional turmoilIntense inner agitation
- inner conflictPsychological tension within oneself
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
disorientation · anxiety · disturbance · unease · dysregulation · stress · fragmentation · dissociation · overwhelm · psychological tension
imbalance
Lack of proportion
- trade deficitImports exceed exports financially
- inflationSustained price level increase
- currency fluctuationShifts in money's worth
recession · supply shortage · fiscal crisis · stagflation · boom-bust · capital flight · debt spiral · devaluation · hyperinflation · austerity
disruption
Forceful interruption of process
- perturbationState of being unsettled
- feedback loopSelf-modifying cyclical process
- dysregulationImpaired regulatory function
entropy · instability · chemical imbalance · metabolic disorder · flux · oscillation · environmental stress · population crash · system failure
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
- imbalanceimbalance, disproportion, asymmetry, lopsidedness, unevenness
- instabilityinstability, unsteadiness, shakiness, wobbliness, precariousness
- stabilitystable, steady, firmness, unstable, stability
- dizzinessdizziness, dizzy spell, lightheadedness, vertigo, wooziness
disequilibriumequilibrium
State of balance
balance · stability · steadiness · equipoise · homeostasis
disequilibriumstillness
Complete lack of motion
rest · calm · quiescence · settledness · tranquility
equilibrium, equilibrate, equilibria, equilibrated, equilibrating, equilibriums, equilibrates