I. -ˈjəŋ(k)-tiv adjective
Date: 15th century
1.
a. : relating to, being, or forming a logical disjunction
b. : expressing an alternative or opposition between the meanings of the words connected
the disjunctive conjunction or
c. : expressed by mutually exclusive alternatives joined by or
disjunctive pleading
2. : marked by breaks or disunity
a disjunctive narrative sequence
3. of a pronoun form : stressed and not attached to the verb as an enclitic or proclitic
• dis·junc·tive·ly adverb
II. noun
Date: 1530
: a disjunctive conjunction