Meaning & use
Disruptors
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Plural of "disruptor": people, companies, or things that disrupt an established system, market, or process, often through innovation.
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Tech disruptors upended the taxi industry within a few short years.
Investors are always hunting for the next generation of disruptors in the finance sector.
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Popularized in business jargon following the theory of "disruptive innovation" coined by scholar Clayton Christensen.
Words with a similar meaning
innovatorsupstarts
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incumbents
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