disjunction
- noun
- /dɪsˈdʒʌŋkʃən/
- 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
-
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.
-
And when I spoke to near, what I was trying to draw out was the disjunction between these two books, right?
-
And you can see this pretty big disjunction and increasing disjunction between what people believe and what's actually going on.
-
There are all kinds of disjunctions between these groups.
-
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
The process of moving apart or staying apart
A gap between what people think and what really happens
Being separate from people, things, or contact, for example losing internet
The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to
A situation where things are kept apart from others, for example work and personal life
A feeling of being separate from other people and the world
A situation when people or groups are not united
A gap between things that do not match
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.