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asyndeton
[ uh-sin-di-ton, -tuhn ]
noun
- Rhetoric. the omission of conjunctions, as in “He has provided people with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.â€
- Library Science. the omission of cross references, especially from a catalog.
asyndeton
/ æˈ²õɪ²Ô»åɪ³ÙÉ™²Ô /
noun
- the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
- an asyndetic construction Compare syndeton
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²õ·²â²Ô·»å±ð³Ù·¾±³¦ [as, -in-, det, -ik], adjective
- ²¹²õy²Ô·»å±ð³Ùi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of asyndeton1
First recorded in 1580–90; from Late Latin, from Greek, noun use of neuter of ²¹²õý²Ô»å±ð³Ù´Ç²õ “unlinked, loose†(equivalent to a- a- 6 + ²õ²â²Ô»åé(±ð¾±²Ô) “to tie together, bind†+ -tos verbal adjective suffix)
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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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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