disjunction
Significado: A disconnection or sharp difference between two things that might be expected to agree or correspond. In logic, a compound statement formed by joining two propositions with 'or.'
Disjunction serves dual roles. In formal logic, it is the 'or' operation — a disjunction is true when at least one of its components is true. In broader academic and journalistic usage, it describes a troubling gap or disconnect: the disjunction between rhetoric and reality, between policy intentions and outcomes. It is more precise and elevated than 'gap' or 'disconnect' and carries analytical weight. The adjective form 'disjunctive' appears in grammar to describe conjunctions that express alternatives or contrasts.
Ejemplos
- There is a growing disjunction between what politicians promise during campaigns and what they deliver in office. 政治家在选举中的承诺与执政后的兑现之间存在着日益加深的脱节。Existe una creciente disyunción entre lo que los políticos prometen durante las campañas y lo que cumplen en el poder.政治家が選挙中に約束することと実際に政権の座で実行することとの間には、拡大する乖離がある。정치인들이 선거 기간에 약속하는 것과 실제 집권 후 이행하는 것 사이에 점점 커지는 괴리가 있다.
- In Boolean logic, disjunction returns true if either operand is true, and false only when both are false. 在布尔逻辑中,当任一操作数为真时析取返回真,仅当两者均为假时才返回假。En lógica booleana, la disyunción devuelve verdadero si cualquiera de los operandos es verdadero, y falso solo cuando ambos son falsos.ブール論理において、選言はいずれかのオペランドが真であれば真を返し、両方が偽の場合にのみ偽を返す。불 논리에서 선언(논리합)은 어느 한쪽 피연산자가 참이면 참을 반환하며, 양쪽 모두 거짓일 때만 거짓을 반환한다.
- The report identified a troubling disjunction between the findings of clinical trials and the outcomes observed in real-world practice. 该报告指出了临床试验结果与实际临床实践中观察到的结果之间令人不安的脱节。El informe identificó una inquietante disyunción entre los hallazgos de los ensayos clínicos y los resultados observados en la práctica real.報告書は、臨床試験の知見と実臨床で観察された結果との間の憂慮すべき乖離を特定した。보고서는 임상시험 결과와 실제 임상 현장에서 관찰된 결과 사이의 우려스러운 괴리를 확인했다.
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Guía de uso
Contexto: academic, journalism, professional
Tono: neutral
Origen e historia
From Latin disjunctionem, from disjungere (to disjoin, separate), from dis- (apart) + jungere (to join). Entered English in the 14th century, with the logical sense formalised in the 19th.
Contexto cultural
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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