Something that’s "disjunctive" (dis-JUNGK-tiv) – from the Middle English for "placed in opposition" – serves to disjoin, separate, divide, or distinguish.
Example (as used by Todd Hide in The New York Times): "Most disjunctive of all are the huge numbers of stalls selling Provencal-style tablecloths, bedspreads and cushions, many of which are not just not made in Provence but not made in France at all."
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