"disruptive" meaning in English

See disruptive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ [UK], /dɪzˈɹʌptɪv/ [UK], /dɪzˈɹʊptɪv/ [UK], /dɪsˈɹʌptɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disruptive.wav Forms: more disruptive [comparative], most disruptive [superlative]
Etymology: From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|disrupt|-ive}} disrupt + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} disruptive (comparative more disruptive, superlative most disruptive)
  1. Causing disruption or unrest. Translations (causing disrupt or unrest): 分裂性的 (Chinese Mandarin), 扰动的 (Chinese Mandarin), storend (Dutch), onrustwekkend (Dutch), häiritsevä (Finnish), perturbant (French), dérangeant (French), störend (German), bomlasztó (Hungarian), züllesztő (Hungarian), zavart keltő (Hungarian), frantumante (Italian), disgregante (Italian), 산만한 (sanmanhan) (Korean), splittende (Norwegian), nedbrytende (Norwegian), rozpraszający (Polish), zakłócający spokój [masculine] (Polish), diruptivo (Portuguese), disruptivo (Portuguese), разруши́тельный (razrušítelʹnyj) (Russian), опустоши́тельный (opustošítelʹnyj) (Russian), подрывно́й (podryvnój) (english: subversive) (Russian), disruptivan (Serbo-Croatian), razoran (Serbo-Croatian), uznemirujući (Serbo-Croatian), remetilački (Serbo-Croatian), perturbante (Spanish), disruptivo (note: used in science) (Spanish), rahatsız edici (Turkish)
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  2. (business) Causing major change, as in a market. Categories (topical): Business
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disruptively, disruptiveness, disruptive selection, disruptivity
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "zavart keltő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "frantumante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "disgregante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sanmanhan",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "산만한"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "splittende"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "nedbrytende"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "rozpraszający"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zakłócający spokój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "diruptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "disruptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razrušítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "разруши́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustošítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "опустоши́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "subversive",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podryvnój",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "подрывно́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "disruptivan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "razoran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "uznemirujući"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "remetilački"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "perturbante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "note": "used in science",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "disruptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing disrupt or unrest",
      "word": "rahatsız edici"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Clayton Christensen"
  ],
  "word": "disruptive"
}

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