disjuncture

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ juncture.

Noun

disjuncture (plural disjunctures)

  1. A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
    • 2005, Alison I. Griffith, Dorothy E. Smith, Mothering for Schooling, page 47:
      In this chapter, we look at how women coordinate the everyday scheduling disjuncture between paid employment, both theirs and their husbands, and the scheduling of the school.

Latin

Participle

disjūnctūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of disjūnctūrus