disintegrative
Causing structural collapse
Disintegrative describes something that causes or relates to breaking apart into smaller pieces or components.
The term appears in technical contexts—psychology, sociology, physics—to characterize processes or forces that fragment wholes: disintegrative effects on social cohesion, a disintegrative phase of the disease.
The opposite of integrative.
Breaking up completely
- disbandFormally end a group
- destabilizeMake unsteady or insecure
- factionGroup within group
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
secession · schism · balkanization · separatism · breakdown · rupture · discord · fracture
Fragment gradually
- implodeCollapse violently inward
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
- ruptureViolent tearing apart
meltdown · unravel · buckle · topple · slump · sagging · structural failure · give way
dissolution
Breaking up completely
- disbandFormally end a group
- destabilizeMake unsteady or insecure
- factionGroup within group
polarization · secession · schism · balkanization · separatism · breakdown · rupture · discord · fracture · erosion
crumble
Fragment gradually
- implodeCollapse violently inward
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- subsidenceGradual ground sinking
rupture · meltdown · unravel · buckle · topple · slump · sagging · structural failure · give way · fall apart
decomposition
Breakdown into simpler parts
- rotOrganic breakdown process
- putrefactionBacterial breakdown of tissue
- corrosionChemical wearing away
entropy · spoilage · molder · fester · oxidize · necrosis · wither · atrophy · perish · blight
shatter
Fragment violently, suddenly
disperse · atomize · pulverize · disassemble · partition · segment · breakup · sunder · cleave · disaggregate
disintegrativeintegrative
Combining into a whole
unifying · cohesive · binding · stabilizing · constructive
disintegrativecombinative
Tending to merge things
combinatory · combinatorial · compositional · synthetic · constructive