Meanings
plural disjunctures
- A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
In this chapter, we look at how women coordinate the everyday scheduling disjuncture between paid employment, both theirs and their husbands,^([sic]) and the scheduling of the school.
2005, Alison I. Griffith, Dorothy E. Smith, Mothering for Schooling, page 47Synonyms: disjunction
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
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Origin
By surface analysis, dis- + juncture, or, by surface analysis, disjunct + -ure.
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