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disoperation

disoperation noun: a lack of engagement or interaction, and/or antagonism toward cohesion.

Noun

disoperation (uncountable)

  1. A lack of engagement or interaction, and/or antagonism toward cohesion.
    • Disoperation includes the entire range of unfavorable coactions from complete destruction at one extreme to competitions of minor intensity and slight disadvantage at the other.1935, Carl Murchison, Warder Clyde Allee, A Handbook of Social Psychology - Part 3, page 41
    • When we discuss relations between fungi and other plants in the first place we should establish whether cooperation, disoperation or competition occur here [ 81 ].1975, Henryk Orloś, Forest Fungi against the Background of Environment

Origin of disoperation

From dis- + operation, by analogy to cooperation.

Questions about disoperation

What does disoperation mean?
Disoperation means a lack of engagement or interaction, and/or antagonism toward cohesion.
What part of speech is disoperation?
Disoperation is a noun.

Words near disoperation in the dictionary

  1. disomic
  2. disomically
  3. disomics
  4. disomies
  5. disomy
  6. disoperation
  7. disoperative
  8. disoperatively
  9. disopinion
  10. disoprivane
  11. disoproxil

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