different between terrorism vs destabilise

English

Etymology

From French terrorisme, from terreur +? -isme, equivalent to terror +? -ism.

The word first appears in English in 1795 in reference to the Jacobin radicals of France, who ruled during the Reign of Terror.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?????z?m/

Noun

terrorism (usually uncountable, plural terrorisms)

1. The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create public fear through the suffering of the victims in the furtherance of a political or social agenda.
2. The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.
3. A form of psychological manipulation through warfare to the purpose of political or religious gains, by means of deliberately creating a climate of fear amongst the inhabitants of a specific geographical region.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• terrorist
• counter-terrorism
• ecoterrorism
• narcoterrorism

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

terror +? -ism

Pronunciation

Noun

terrorism c

1. terrorism

Declension

Related terms

• terrorisera
• terrorist

English

Alternative forms

• destabilize (American)

Etymology

de- +? stabilise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??ste?b?la?z/

Verb

destabilise (third-person singular simple present destabilises, present participle destabilising, simple past and past participle destabilised)

1. (transitive) To make something unstable.
2. (transitive) To undermine a government, especially by means of subversion or terrorism.
3. (intransitive) To become unstable.

Translations

Anagrams

• bestialised