unsettling
/ənˈsɛtəlɪŋ/ noun C2- The weakening of some previously established system or norm.
Plural unsettlings
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They arose from the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent weakening of all authority.
Loftus's extensive body of work, however, underscores a profoundly unsettling truth: a witness can be completely honest and yet entirely incorrect.
The implication is unsettling.
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