noun
1. an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑destabilize
• Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑alteration, ↑modification
2. the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
• Syn: ↑destabilisation
• Ant: ↑stabilisation (for: ↑destabilisation), ↑stabilization
• Derivationally related forms: ↑destabilise (for: ↑destabilisation), ↑destabilize
• Topics: ↑government, ↑governing, ↑governance, ↑government activity, ↑administration
• Hypernyms: ↑action
Useful english dictionary. 2012.