different between hypothetical vs disjunctive

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (hupothetikós)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?p????t?kl/

Adjective

hypothetical (comparative more hypothetical, superlative most hypothetical)

1. Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
2. (philosophy) conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent

Synonyms

• conjectural
• (contingent upon some hypothesis): conditional

Antonyms

• (actual): actual
• (in philosophy): categorical

Translations

Noun

hypothetical (plural hypotheticals)

1. A hypothetical situation or proposition

   These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.

Related terms

• hypothesis
• hypothesize

English

Etymology

From Latin disjunct?vus (“placed in opposition”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?d???kt?v/, /d?s?d???kt?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?d???kt?v/

Adjective

disjunctive (comparative more disjunctive, superlative most disjunctive)

1. Not connected; separated.
   • 1985, John Jones, Dostoevsky, Oxford University Press, USA

     That broken comb exemplifies the apparently inexhaustible strength of the novel's flotsam, its disjunctive detail which makes nevertheless for tonal coherence.

2. (grammar, of a personal pronoun) Not used in immediate conjunction with the verb of which the pronoun is the subject.
3. Tending to disjoin; separating.
4. (music) Relating to disjunct tetrachords.
   • 2005, Simon P. Keefe, The Cambridge Companion to the Concerto, Cambridge University Press (?ISBN), page 206:

     […] that the phrase should be articulated in one breath; failing this, Quantz recommends that breath should be taken wherever possible on tied notes, between disjunctive notes of continuous semiquavers or at other equivalent moments.

5. (logic) Of or related to a disjunction.
   • 1873, Sir William Hamilton, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, page 235:

     An opposition of contrariety is not of purely logical concernment; and a disjunctive syllogism with characters opposed in contrariety, in fact, consists of as many pure disjunctive syllogisms as there are opposing predicates.

Antonyms

• conjunctive

Translations

Noun

disjunctive (plural disjunctives)

1. (logic) A disjunction.
   • L. H. Atwater

     Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals.

2. (grammar) A disjunct.

Translations

Further reading

• Disjunctive pronoun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Logical disjunction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Adjective

disj?nct?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of disj?nct?vus