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decouplement

noun

Etymology

From decouple + -ment.

  1. borrowed from découpler
  2. suffixed as decouplement — “decouple + ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of decoupling

    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.
    • He saw an opening for such a decouplement if “deference to western episteme” could be removed from the development picture.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA