disconnectiveadj.
/ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪv/, U.S. /ˌdɪskəˈnɛktɪv/ Having the function or power of disconnecting; disjunctive, disengaging. Also: characterized by lack of connection or cohesion; disconnected.
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discretive1542
segregative1588
discrete1628
disjunctive1628
disconnective1824
separative1888
1824 J. Gilchrist Etymol. Interpreter 104 Either..and Neither..are disconnective.
1887 Railroad & Engin. Jrnl. Aug. 335/2 The disconnective gear consists of an arrangement of valves and piping, whereby one-half of the engines may be utilized without delay in the event of the other half going wrong.
1897 Morning Post 28 Jan. 3/6 Its themes are expressive, though their treatment is somewhat disconnective.
1915 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 34 69 We have had..evidences of these great stresses on busbars and switches, and especially on disconnective switches.
1951 Monogr. Soc. Res. Child Devel. 16 260 The stories..are sometimes incoherent and show breaks in logic... There is a disconnective quality about them.
2006 Y. Broyles-González in J. M. Harding & C. Rosenthal Restaging Sixties 220 One can add in the dissemination of disconnective media, ranging from television to electronic computer games, as key elements of contemporary social reality.
Derivatives
discoˈnnectiveness n.
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1870 C. J. Smith Syn. & Antonyms Aberration, Syn..Desultoriness, Disconnectiveness, Inconsecutiveness.
1941 Eng. Jrnl. 30 141 At first this free admittance of individuality will lead..to grotesque results—faults of disconnectiveness, disproportion, and inappropriate language.
2007 A. D. Fredericks Compl. Idiot's Guide Teaching College iv. 188 Some students prefer this sense of disconnectiveness, yet we know that anonymity tends to create lower levels of motivation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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