decouplement
decouplement noun: the act of decoupling; disengagement.
Noun
decouplement (countable and uncountable, plural decouplements)
- The act of decoupling; disengagement.
- Though there is open discussion of the risk of American decouplement from Europe, that is not a grave risk at present; what is a risk is the existing couplement of superpower conflicts with the potential sacrifice of Europe.1977, Alva Myrdal, The Game of Disarmament, →ISBN
- The specter of decouplement is that of disjoining a future war in Europe from the American nuclear deterrent, with which Europeans want to prevent an attack on Europe altogether rather than to hold the deterrent in reserve until it could deter nothing but a Soviet nuclear attack on the United...1984, Theodore Draper, Present History, page 149
Forms of decouplement
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Origin of decouplement
From decouple + -ment.
Questions about decouplement
- What does decouplement mean?
- Decouplement means the act of decoupling; disengagement.
- What part of speech is decouplement?
- Decouplement is a noun.
- What is the plural of decouplement?
- The plural of decouplement is decouplements.
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