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Meaning of disjunctive in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /dɪsˈdʒəŋktɪv/

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  1. Qualitative Adjective

    disjunctive

    Etymology

    late Middle English (in disjunctive (sense 2 of the adjective)): from Latin disjunctivus, from disjunct-‘disjoined’ (see disjunct)

    Definitions

    1. serving or tending to divide or separate

    Synonyms

    • adversative
    • oppositive
    • alternative
    • mutually exclusive
    • contrastive
    • dividing
    • divisional
    • intervening
    • partitive
    • separative
    • separative

    Antonyms

    • conjunctive

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