instability

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

in·stabil·ity AW [instability instabilities] BrE [ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti] NAmE [ˌɪnstəˈbɪləti] noun uncountable, countable, usually plural (pl. in·stabil·ities)
1. the quality of a situation in which things are likely to change or fail suddenly
•political and economic instability
2. a mental condition in which sb's behaviour is likely to change suddenly
•mental/emotional instability
Opp: ↑stability
see also ↑unstable

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from French instabilité, from Latin instabilitas, from instabilis, from in- ‘not’ + stabilis (from the base of stare ‘to stand’).

Example Bank:
•He showed increasing signs of mental instability.
•Instability may arise at times of change.
•Racism causes political instability and violence.
•The increased inflation will inject a degree of instability into the economy.
•The law was introduced to avoid instability during the transition.
•a long period of economic instability
•economic instability resulting from climate change
•the inherent instability of financial markets

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unstableness, imbalance, unbalance
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  stability, stableness, balance