disjuncture

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,^[sic] and the scheduling of the school.

Related terms

• misjuncture

Latin

Participle

disjūnctūre

1. vocative masculine singular of disjūnctūrus