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dysfunctionality

noun

  1. state of being dysfunctional
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English dysfunctional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English dysfunctionality From dysfunctional + -ity.

  1. The condition of being dysfunctional.
  2. A dysfunction.

    What is worse is how the custom-designed treatment programs for our community that are springing up make no provision for those of us doubly, triply or even quadruply oppressed […] This neglect is a symptom of the dysfunctionality afflicting our community: the degree to which we've permitted too many assimilationists to define the standards of identity for us all.