disjunction
3 synonyms and 2 antonyms for disjunction, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The act of splitting something apart.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
The act of splitting something apart.
Opposites
2. noun
The condition of being split apart, at odds, or opposed to something.
“The disjunction between the despotism the British had been practising in India and the liberal, secular, democratic trends of their domestic politics was too embarrassing to endure indefinitely.”
Opposites
Etymology
Came into English via Old French disjunction, from Latin disiunctiō.
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