disgregationn.
/dɪsɡrɪˈɡeɪʃən/ Separation of individuals from a company, or of component parts from a whole mass; disintegration, dispersal; spec. in Chemistry separation of the molecules of a substance by heat or other agency.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > disaggregation or disintegration
unravelling1606
disgregation1611
disintegration1794
break-up1795
disaggregation1819
breaking-down1883
break-away1885
breakdown1928
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Disgregatione, a scattering, a disgregation.
a1626 Bp. Andrewes in R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1850) 3rd Ser. 354 Without it [concord] a gregation it may be, but no congregation. The con is gone; a disgregation rather.
1653 T. Manton Pract. Comm. James v. 9 In troubles there are not so many scatterings and disgregations in Christ's flock.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 763 These Diseases do presuppose a Disgregation of Humours.
1865 G. Grote Plato I. i. 56 The partial disgregation of the chaotic mass.
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