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asyndeton

[uh-sin-di-ton, -tuhn]

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noun

Rhetoric.��the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided people with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.”
Library Science.��the omission of cross references, especially from a catalog.

asyndeton

/ æˈ��ɪ�Ի�ɪ��ə�� /

noun

the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
an asyndetic construction Compare syndeton

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Other Word Forms

asyndetic adjective
asyndetically adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of asyndeton¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Late Latin, from Greek, noun use of neuter of ��ý�Ի��ٴǲ� “unlinked, loose” (equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + ��Ի�é(�𾱲�) “to tie together, bind” + -tos verbal adjective suffix)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of asyndeton¹

C16: from New Latin, from Greek asundeton, from asundetos unconnected, from _a- ¹ + sundein to bind together

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Example Sentences

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The asyndeton in this distich is odd, given the preceding series of connectives.

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But the asyndeton resulting from the suppression of these words was felt to be intolerable.

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The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry.

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Therefore the figure asyndeton, whereby conjunctions are omitted, is highly commended by writers of rhetoric.

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asyndetic asynergia

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