disjunction
2
8.2
- noun
- /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
:
disyunción
- The disjunction between the theory and practice in this field is often surprising.
- a radical disjunction
- continuity and disjunction
- disjunction in reality
There are all kinds of disjunctions between these groups.
- There are all kinds of disjunctions between these groups.
- A big disjunction between what, how much violent crime people believe there is and how much violent crime there actually is.
- Now notice he doesn't say disjunction or a conflict.
- I mean, I think that what there's a disjunction that's happening there.
- The point is, there's this disjunction between them, and they're both part of the substance.
- And I'm going to put disjunctions into the like, they're like bad chords in the melody of our of our conversation.
Examples
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One cause of this separation, according to Keith Egan, was the disjunction of biblical exegesis and systematic theology.
Academic text (2002) -
No less real and significant is the disjunction within contemporary liberalism between the moral and economic realms.
Academic text (1993) -
We need to account for this kind of a disjunction of things.
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And when I spoke to near, what I was trying to draw out was the disjunction between these two books, right?
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And you can see this pretty big disjunction and increasing disjunction between what people believe and what's actually going on.
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There are all kinds of disjunctions between these groups.
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Saudi Arabia found itself at a disjunction between the needs of society and its inherited institutions.
Academic text (1995) -
Realists cannot explain the disjunction between supposed causes and observed effects.
Academic text (1990) -
Friedrich's work illustrated considerable disjunction between regional experiences and national projects.
Academic text (1996) -
Thus, a genuine disjunction between visible environmental contamination and public consciousness of contamination is possible.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
89
2.6
The process of moving apart or staying apart
58
5.9
A gap between what people think and what really happens
9
4.2
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
4
6.1
The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to
2
6.6
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
1
7.4
A feeling of being separate from other people and the world
1
8.1
A situation when people or groups are not united
1
9.5
A gap between things that do not match
1
7.7
Lack of clear connection or order that makes something hard to follow
A situation where things have no link or relation
A lack of connection between things or people
A lack of connection between things
A break in a connection between people or things
A situation where groups are split and do not work together
Antonyms
How Disconnected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disjunction comes from dis- meaning 'apart' and junction meaning 'a joining', the same root as the word 'join'. So a disjunction is when things are not joined or are separated.