disjuncture
- n state of being disconnected
- There was an odd disjuncture: the market's implosion seemed to be a frightful rendezvous with reality and, at the same time, an unhinged flight of fantasy.
- The disjuncture between law and practice may be extreme in France, but it is not unique.
- In fact, the results seem to highlight an odd disjuncture in the American political system: Carney is right about the voters' damn-all- politicia ns resentments, but Schloss .