disjunctivism

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noun

A school of thought that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases, believing that a hallucination differs from a veridical experience in that the latter is the experience of an actual external entity.

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Meanings

noundisjunctivism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesA school of thought that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases, believing that a hallucination differs from a veridical experience in that the latter is the experience of an actual external entity.

Origin

From disjunctive + -ism.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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