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disjunction

[dis-juhngk-shuhn] / dɪsˈdʒʌŋk ʃən /


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There is a disjunction at the heart of children’s literature.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Through the disjunction between the narration and the street scenes, Akerman in effect divides viewers’ attentions the way hers were presumably divided.

From New York Times Aug. 26, 2022

That disjunction between family lore and Hollywood reality compelled him to write his new book, “Competing With Idiots,” a subjective dual portrait of the Brothers Mankiewicz.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 15, 2021

You get the sense that the division of selves is therapeutic and also artistic: reveal the disjunction so that you can address it.

From The New Yorker Nov. 17, 2019

The disjunction between the prince’s all-too-human genetic inheritance and his all-too-exalted political inheritance must have seemed particularly evident to the critics of the monarchy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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