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disjunctive
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dis·junc·tive
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(
dĭs-jŭngk
'
tĭv
)
adj.
Serving to separate or divide.
Grammar
. Serving to establish a relationship of contrast or opposition. The conjunction
but
in the phrase
poor but comfortable
is disjunctive.
Logic
.
Of a proposition that presents two or more alternative terms.
Of a syllogism that contains a disjunction as one premise.
n.
Grammar
A disjunctive conjunction.
disjunctively
dis·junc
'
tive·ly
adv.
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