disjunction
noun
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Disjunction vs Disconnect
A disjunction may be a mere lack of connection between two things, or a large gulf. There's often a huge disjunction between what people expect from computers and what they know about them, and the disjunction between a star's public image and her actual character may be just as big. We may speak of the disjunction between science and morality, between doing and telling, or between knowing and explaining. In recent years, disjunction seem to have been losing out to a newer synonym, the noun disconnect.
Examples of disjunction in a Sentence
Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
The new and somewhat perturbing actions that have been observed in early trials of the most advanced models comes from the disjunction between the AI's advanced capabilities and its fundamental lack of human-like moral reasoning or emotional capacity.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Harker argues that this disjunction between inner life and outer world is the foundation of Woolf’s literary aesthetic.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Mar. 2023
There’s a disjunction, in that Gainsbourg has never been anything other than aspirationally chic, but the friction is interesting.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Disjunction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disjunction. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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