disjuncture
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of disjuncture
1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin disjunctūra, equivalent to Latin disjunct ( us ) ( see disjunct) + -ūra -ure
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Incidentally, I suspect there is a strange disjuncture between all this parliamentary theatre and most of you reading this.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2023
The disjuncture between story and song only heightens the staccato feeling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
“In many ways, the subject of Fred’s films is the surrealism of life,” Morris said, “this disjuncture between how we see ourselves and a hidden, underlying reality that at least partially emerges.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2020
“That disjuncture between GDP and how most people feel about the economy is even going to be larger in the coming weeks and months,” said Bivens.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2020
One might think that the historians of technology would have wanted to question this disjuncture between theory and practice—but at first they were the same people as the historians of science.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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