disjunctive meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

disjunctive

adj

UK /dɪsˈdʒʌŋktɪv/ · US /dɪsˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/

Etymology From Middle English disjunctief, disjunctyf, from Middle French disjunctif and Latin disjunctīvus (“placed in opposition”).

Not connected; separated.

That broken comb exemplifies the apparently inexhaustible strength of the novel's flotsam, its disjunctive detail which makes nevertheless for tonal coherence.1985, John Jones, Dostoevsky, Oxford University Press, USA:

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of a personal pronoun Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of a conjunction Tending to join (two clauses), but in a way that conveys a disjunct within the conjoined relationship.

The words "but" and "or" are disjunctive conjunctions.

Tending to disjoin; separating.

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music Relating to disjunct tetrachords.

[…] that the phrase should be articulated in one breath; failing this, Quantz recommends that breath should be taken wherever possible on tied notes, between disjunctive notes of continuous semiquavers or at other equivalent moments.2005, Simon P. Keefe, The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 206:

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences Of or related to a disjunction.

An opposition of contrariety is not of purely logical concernment; and a disjunctive syllogism with characters opposed in contrariety, in fact, consists of as many pure disjunctive syllogisms as there are opposing predicates.1873, Sir William Hamilton, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, page 235:

Antonyms: conjunctive
Derived terms: canonical disjunctive normal form, disjunctively, disjunctiveness, disjunctive normal form, disjunctive syllogism, disjunctivism, disjunctivist, disjunctivitis, nondisjunctive

disjunctive

noun

Etymology From Middle English disjunctief, disjunctyf, from Middle French disjunctif and Latin disjunctīvus (“placed in opposition”).

Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences A disjunction.

L. H. Atwater Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.

Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A disjunct.