English Explanatory Dictionary

disruptive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Causing disruption or unrest.
  2. Causing major change, as in a market.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ /dɪzˈɹʌptɪv/ /dɪzˈɹʊptɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disruptive.wav

Word forms

disruptive more disruptive most disruptive

Etymology

From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.

Antonyms

non-disruptive nondisruptive

Derived words

chemodisruptive chronodisruptive disruptively disruptiveness disruptive selection disruptivity immunodisruptive photodisruptive undisruptive
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