disjection

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noun

destruction; dispersion

OriginLatin disjicere →
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Meanings

noundisjection (countable and uncountable, plural disjections)

plural disjections

  1. countableuncountabledestruction; dispersion

    a very striking image of the sudden disjection of Pharaoh's host

    1820, Samuel Horsley, Biblical Criticism

Origin

  1. Latindisjicere
  2. Englishdisjection

From Latin disjicere, disjectum (“to throw asunder, disperse”), from dis- + jacere (“to throw”).

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APA

disjection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disjection

MLA

“disjection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disjection. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disjection,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disjection.

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