Disjuncture

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    state of being disconnected wordnet

Etymology

By surface analysis, dis- + juncture, or, by surface analysis, disjunct + -ure.

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