disaggregativeadj.
/ˌdɪsˈaɡrᵻɡətɪv/, U.S. /ˌdɪsˈæɡrəɡədɪv/ Of, relating to, or causing disaggregation; that examines or considers component parts or discrete units instead of a whole.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separating (something) into constituents
analysing1661
segregative1674
reducing1741
disaggregative1799
1799 Monthly Mag. Jan. 36/2 The same chemist has..been making experiments on the reciprocal decomposition of salts... He discovers the cause of it in the displacing of the caloric, which becomes a disaggregative power.
1825 G. P. Scrope Considerations on Volcanos ii. 34 The disaggregative force of the steam generated between the laminae of the crystals, must disintegrate to a considerable degree the crystals of the ebullient lava.
1860 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. V. 353 There is a termination to disaggregative separation; we cannot subdivide individuals.
1955 Social & Econ. Stud. 4 117 The development of statistics in such countries in recent years has been ‘disaggregative’—analysing national statistics into statistics of industry.
1980 Amer. Banker 12 Sept. 5 A dynamic disaggregative economic analysis is an important aspect of successful policy formulation.
2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 2 Jan. Political competition and disaggregative economic forces have seriously undermined our former national supremacy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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