Disjunctive

Quick meaning: Disjunctive is an adjective meaning Not connected; separated.

Meaning

Not connected; separated.

More Meanings

1. (grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
2. (grammar, of a conjunction) Tending to join (two clauses), but in a way that conveys a disjunct within the conjoined relationship.
3. Tending to disjoin; separating.
4. (music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
5. (logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
6. (logic) A disjunction.
7. (grammar) A disjunct.

Example Sentences

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

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

That broken comb exemplifies the apparently inexhaustible strength of the novel's flotsam, its disjunctive detail which makes nevertheless for tonal coherence.

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.

Word Forms

• disjunctives

Synonyms for disjunctive

Depending on context, synonyms include alternative, contrastive, adversative, intervening, oppositive, partitive.

Antonyms for disjunctive

Common opposites include conjunctive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include adversative, oppositive, contrastive, alternative, separative, dividing.

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