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disjunctive

[ dis-juhngk-tiv ]

adjective

  1. serving or tending to disjoin; separating; dividing; distinguishing.
  2. Grammar.
    1. 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.
    2. not syntactically dependent upon some particular expression.
  3. Logic.
    1. characterizing propositions that are disjunctions.
    2. (of a syllogism) containing at least one disjunctive proposition as a premise.


noun

  1. a statement, course of action, etc., involving alternatives.
  2. Grammar. a disjunctive word.

disjunctive

/ dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv /

adjective

  1. serving to disconnect or separate
  2. grammar
    1. denoting a word, esp a conjunction, that serves to express opposition or contrast: but in the sentence She was poor but she was honest
    2. denoting an inflection of pronouns in some languages that is used alone or after a preposition, such as moi in French
  3. Alsoalternative logic relating to, characterized by, or containing disjunction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. grammar
    1. a disjunctive word, esp a conjunction
    2. a disjunctive pronoun
  2. logic a disjunctive proposition; disjunction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • disˈjunctively, adverb
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Other Words From

  • dis·junctive·ly adverb
  • nondis·junctive adjective
  • nondis·junctive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of disjunctive1

1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin disjunctīvus placed in opposition, equivalent to Latin disjunct ( us ) ( disjunct ) + -īvus -ive
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Example Sentences

Iéu (je), tu (tu), and éu (il) are used as disjunctive forms, in contrast with the French.

Or should we say that the note omitted was not Nt, but the present Parames and the interval of a tone (i.e. the disjunctive tone)?

The disjunctive forms of the pronoun are also sometimes preserved before verbs and adjectives.

Again, "the former does not belong to pure categoricals," it is simply disjunctive.

The chestnut, belonging to the order Cupuliferæ, has an extended but disjunctive natural area.

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