Synergy synonym archive#

(Though I, too, have used 'synergy' with quote marks as mentioned below)ħ) The opposite of synergy (6 of 8), Read 64 times I thought that 'dysergy' would work, but too hard to pronounce. She could find no exact answer, but suggested 'antigy' or 'obsygy'. I first asked Judy Pinger, a librarian in Milwaukee to give me a hand with this. I want to give credit where credit is due. Written with the quotes or, more commonly, muttered with eyebrow quotes, we use (and experience) 'synergy' far more frequentlyħ) The opposite of synergy (5 of 8), Read 115 times My colleagues and I routinely refer to the opposite of synergy as 'synergy'. Ironically, the question contains the answer. (which gives a nice image of everyone scurrying around accomplishing little).ħ) The opposite of synergy (4 of 8), Read 122 times 'antinergy' fails just a bit etymologically anti-ergy gives you the 'working against' elements you want, so just drop the extra vowel (as in antonym) and you have: antergy Using the pairs sythesis/antithesis, sympathy/antipathy, and synonym/antonym as precedents, I think antinergy will serve.ħ) The opposite of synergy (3 of 8), Read 156 times

Any help?'ħ) The opposite of synergy (2 of 8), Read 152 times

Synergy synonym archive#

Please note: This page is a read-only archive of messages posted in the Word Fugitives conference of Post & Riposte.ħ) The opposite of synergy (1 of 8), Read 164 timesĭan Piette, of Houston, Texas, writes: 'I am searching for an antonym of 'synergy.' Synergy is usually the reason companies use for merging, but the opposite of synergy (where the whole is SMALLER than the sum of the parts) is the more common result.