adjective
- expressing or involving separation or opposition between alternatives
- lacking connection or coherence; disconnected
Usage: grammar; logic
noun
- a word or phrase that expresses alternatives or opposition
Usage: grammar
Examples
- The sentence uses a disjunctive conjunction like ‘or’ to present two options.
- Her disjunctive writing style made the essay difficult to follow.
- In logic, a disjunctive statement presents alternatives where at least one must be true.
- The disjunctive nature of the argument created confusion among listeners.
- Either and or are common disjunctives in English grammar.
- The professor explained how disjunctive propositions work in formal logic.
- His thoughts seemed disjunctive, jumping from topic to topic without clear connections.