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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISJUNCTURE

DISJUNCTURE Dis *junc "ture, n.

 

Defn: The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation. Fuller.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disjuncture

dis junc ture |disˈjəNGkCHər dɪsˈʤəŋ (k )tʃər | ▶noun a separation or disconnection: the monstrous disjuncture between his private and his public life. ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin disjunctura, from Latin disjunct- ‘disjoined ’ (see disjunct ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

disjuncture

dis |junc ¦ture |dɪsˈdʒʌŋ (k )tʃə | ▶noun a separation or disconnection: the monstrous disjuncture between his private and his public life. ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin disjunctura, from Latin disjunct- ‘disjoined ’ (see disjunct ).