disjunction

1. 1.

   state of being disconnected

   Synonymsdisjuncturedisconnectiondisconnectedness

   Broaderseparation

   Narrowerseparabilityincoherence
2. 2.

   the act of breaking a connection

   Synonymsdisconnection

   Broaderseparation

Other forms of disjunction

plural

disjunctions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disjunction

What does disjunction mean?

disjunction means "state of being disconnected". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disjunction?

disjunction has 4 syllables: dis-junc-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for disjunction?

Close synonyms include disjuncture, disconnection, disconnectedness, disconnection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disjunction a common word?

disjunction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.