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equilibrium
in
In Cold Blood
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- The murderous potential can become activated, especially if some disequilibrium is already present, when the victim-to-be is unconsciously perceived as a key figure in some past traumatic configuration.†
Chpt 4disequilibrium = an unstable situation in which forces are not in balancestandard prefix: The prefix "dis-" in disequilibrium reverses the meaning of equilibrium. This is the same pattern as seen in words like disagree, disconnect, and disappear.
Definitions:
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(1)
(equilibrium) a stable situation in which forces are in balance
or:
a person's sense of physical or emotional balance - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)