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Definition disconnect in American English

disconnect noun

[countable/uncountable] noun
/ˌdɪskəˈnekt/
1

a difference, especially between two things that you would expect to be similar

Example

There's a disconnect between the way the Arizona press and the national press view this man.

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2

a feeling of not being loyal to a group or an institution

Example

their disconnect from their community and from their schools

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Definition disconnect in American English