disconnection

Words with a similar base: disconnection

'disconnection'

[disjunction.n.01] as in: state of being disconnected

'disconnection'

[gulf.n.02] as in: an unbridgeable disparity (as from a failure of understanding)

Examples:
he felt a gulf between himself and his former friends
there is a vast disconnect between public opinion and federal policy

'disconnection'

[disconnection.n.03] as in: the act of breaking a connection

Origins

					disconnection (English)
├── connection (English)
│   └── connexion (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│       └── connexio (Latin)
│           └── connecto (Latin)
└── dis- (English)

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