DISJUNCTIVE


Meaning of DISJUNCTIVE in English

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

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