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  2. www.etymonline.com › word › disintegratedisintegrate | Etymology of disintegrate by etymonline

    Aug 29, 2018 · disintegrate (v.) 1796, transitive, "separate into component parts, destroy the cohesion of," originally in geology, from dis- "do the opposite of" + integrate (v.). Intransitive sense, "to break apart, separate into its component parts," is by 1851. Related: Disintegrated; disintegrating.

    • 한국어 (Korean)

      disintegrate 뜻: 분해하다; 1796년, 타동사로, "구성 요소를 분리하고, 응집력을 파괴하다"는...

    • Italiano (Italian)

      disintegrate (v.)1796, trasitivo, "separare in parti...

    • Disingenuous

      The more usual Greek word seems to have been polypous (also...

    • Disintegration

      "destruction of the cohesion of constituent parts,"...

  3. www.oed.com › dictionary › disintegrate_adjdisintegrate, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

    The earliest known use of the adjective disintegrate is in the 1870s. OED's only evidence for disintegrate is from 1875, in the writing of George MacDonald, poet and novelist. disintegrate is formed within English, by derivation.

  4. www.npr.org › sections › codeswitchThe Ugly, Fascinating History Of The Word 'Racism' - NPR

    Jan 6, 2014 · Richard Henry Pratt was the first person the Oxford English Dictionary records using the word "racism," in a speech decrying it. But his own legacy on race is checkered.

  5. www.theatlantic.com › culture › archiveHow 'Racism' Made Its Way Into the Dictionary - The Atlantic

    Sep 4, 2020 · September 4, 2020. In June, as Black Lives Matter protests were in full swing after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a dictionary definition made headlines. The...

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › disintegrateDISINTEGRATE - Find out everything about this English word ...

    Definitions of 'disintegrate'. 1. If something disintegrates, it becomes seriously weakened, and is divided or destroyed. [...] 2. If an object or substance disintegrates, it breaks into many small pieces or parts and is destroyed. [...] More.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › disintegrateDISINTEGRATE - All you need to know about it | Collins ...

    1. If something disintegrates, it becomes seriously weakened, and is divided or destroyed. [...] 2. If an object or substance disintegrates, it breaks into many small pieces or parts and is destroyed. [...] More. Conjugations of 'disintegrate' present simple: I disintegrate, you disintegrate [...]

  8. www.britannica.com › story › what-is-the-origin-ofWhat Is the Origin of the Term Holocaust? | Britannica

    The word Holocaust is derived from the Greek holokauston, a translation of the Hebrew word ʿolah, meaning a burnt sacrifice offered whole to God.

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