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disjunctive

/dɪsˈdʒʌŋ(k)tɪv/
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Other forms: disjunctively

Definitions of disjunctive
  1. adjective
    serving or tending to divide or separate
    synonyms:
    adversative, oppositive
    expressing antithesis or opposition
    alternative
    necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
    contrastive
    syntactically establishing a relation of contrast between sentences or elements of a sentence
    divisional
    serving to divide or marking a division
    partitive, separative
    serving to separate or divide into parts
    separative
    (used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it
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    antonyms:
    conjunctive
    serving or tending to connect
    copulative
    syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence
    connective
    connecting or tending to connect
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