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disjunctive

Syllabification: (dis·junc·tive)
Pronunciation: /disˈjəNGktiv/
Definition of disjunctive

adjective

  • 1lacking connection:the novel’s disjunctive detail
  • 2 Grammar (of a conjunction) expressing a choice between two mutually exclusive possibilities, for example or in she asked if he was going or staying. Compare with copulative.
  • Logic (of a proposition) expressing alternatives.

noun

Grammar
  • a disjunctive conjunction or other word.
  • Logic a disjunctive proposition.

Derivatives

disjunctively

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (sense 2 of the adjective): from Latin disjunctivus, from disjunct- 'disjoined' (see disjunct)

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