disruptive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /dɪzˈɹʌptɪv/ (UK)
- /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ (US)
- /dɪzˈɹʊptɪv/ (UK)
Etymology
From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.
Meanings
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Causing disruption or unrest.
Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
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Causing major change, as in a market.
Each time a disruptive technology emerged, between one-half and two-thirds of the established manufacturers failed to introduce models employing the new architecture—in stark contrast to their timely launches of critical sustaining technologies.
1995 January–February, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton M. Christensen, “Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave”, in Harvard Business Review:[…] companies tend to lose their leadership positions to companies that enter the market with a disruptive technology or market change.
2005, Karl D. Schubert, CIO Survival Guide, page 222:disruptive technologies
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most disruptive | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more disruptive | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nondisruptive · non-disruptive
Deriveds
disruptive selection · disruptivity · undisruptive · disruptiveness · photodisruptive · disruptively · immunodisruptive · chronodisruptive · chemodisruptive
Translations (41)
sh remetilački (causing disrupt or unrest) · tr rahatsız edici (causing disrupt or unrest) · es disruptivo (causing disrupt or unrest) · cmn 扰动的 (causing disrupt or unrest) · de störend (causing disrupt or unrest) · cs rozkladný (causing disrupt or unrest) · pl zakłócający spokój (causing disrupt or unrest) · fi häiritsevä (causing disrupt or unrest) · hu züllesztő (causing disrupt or unrest) · pt disruptivo (causing disrupt or unrest) · pt diruptivo (causing disrupt or unrest) · fr perturbant (causing disrupt or unrest) · ca disruptiu (causing disrupt or unrest) · uk підривни́й (causing disrupt or unrest) · it frantumante (causing disrupt or unrest) · ru подрывно́й (causing disrupt or unrest) · el διαταρακτικός (causing disrupt or unrest) · cs rušivý (causing disrupt or unrest) · nl onrustwekkend (causing disrupt or unrest) · pl rozpraszający (causing disrupt or unrest) · no splittende (causing disrupt or unrest) · cmn 分裂性的 (causing disrupt or unrest) · it disgregante (causing disrupt or unrest) · sh razoran (causing disrupt or unrest) · hu bomlasztó (causing disrupt or unrest) · sh disruptivan (causing disrupt or unrest) · cs narušující (causing disrupt or unrest) · cs vyrušující (causing disrupt or unrest) · nl storend (causing disrupt or unrest) · ru разруши́тельный (causing disrupt or unrest) · ca disgregatiu (causing disrupt or unrest) · no nedbrytende (causing disrupt or unrest) · ru опустоши́тельный (causing disrupt or unrest) · es perturbante (causing disrupt or unrest) · sh uznemirujući (causing disrupt or unrest) · uk руйнівни́й (causing disrupt or unrest) · cs rozvratný (causing disrupt or unrest) · hu zavart keltő (causing disrupt or unrest) · ko 산만한 (causing disrupt or unrest) · de disruptiv (causing major change) · fr dérangeant (causing disrupt or unrest)