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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•junc•tive (dis jungk′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - serving or tending to disjoin;
separating;
dividing;
distinguishing. - Grammar
- syntactically setting two or more expressions in opposition to each other, as but in poor but happy, or expressing an alternative, as or in this or that.
- not syntactically dependent upon some particular expression.
- Philosophy[Logic.]
- Philosophycharacterizing propositions that are disjunctions.
- (of a syllogism) containing at least one disjunctive proposition as a premise.
n. - a statement, course of action, etc., involving alternatives.
- Philosophy[Logic.]disjunction (def. 2a).
- Grammara disjunctive word.
- Late Latin disjunctīvus placed in opposition, equivalent. to Latin disjunct(us) (see disjunct) + -īvus -ive
- late Middle English 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: disjunctive /dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ adj - serving to disconnect or separate
- denoting a word, esp a conjunction, that serves to express opposition or contrast: but in the sentence She was poor but she was honest
Also: alternative relating to, characterized by, or containing disjunction
n - a disjunctive word, esp a conjunction
- a disjunctive proposition; disjunction
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