disjuncture

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ juncture

Noun

disjuncture (plural disjunctures)

  1. A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
    • 2005, Alison I. Griffith and 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,[sic] and the scheduling of the school.

Latin

Participle

disjūnctūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of disjūnctūrus
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