unsettlement
Americannoun
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an act or an instance of unsettling.
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the state or quality of being unsettled: unsettled.
Such strange behavior caused me some unsettlement.
Etymology
Origin of unsettlement
Example Sentences
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It always seeks out that which will increase its own velocity, deepen its hold, magnify its unsettlement....
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2023
Most people I met or heard speak over the weekend agreed there was a common element of unease and unsettlement, which explains the panels dedicated to simpatico artists like Clive Barker, David Cronenberg and J.G.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2022
It signals a widespread social unsettlement, an unbounded and uncontainable anxiety.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2021
Both produced a global sense of unsettlement at such unruly, obscene surfacings.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019
The position we have described is no doubt partly due to the unsettlement of economic opinion and the hostile criticism of old-established doctrines which has characterized the last generation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
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