Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DESTABILIZATION
destabilization, destabilisation
(noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy)
destabilization
(noun) an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
destabilization (countable and uncountable, plural destabilizations)
The act or process of destabilizing.
Source: Wiktionary
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IMPULSIVE
(adjective) without forethought; “letting him borrow her car was an impulsive act that she immediately regretted”
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