Definitions For Asyndesis

Noun

ASYNDESIS (uncountable) (psychology) A pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas. (grammar, rhetoric) {{synonym of, en, asyndeton, nodot=a}}: lack or omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Etymology

a-, un-: without + σύνδεσις/"from "a-, un-: without + σύνδεσις/a + a href="/define//"/a + a href="/define/binding, joining, from συνδέω/"binding, joining, from συνδέω/a + a href="/define/συνδεῖν/"συνδεῖν/a + a href="/define/to join, to bind + -σῐς/"to join, to bind + -σῐς/a + a href="/define//"/a + a href="/define/-sis: emforming nouns/em, from σῠν-/">-sis: forming nouns, from σῠν- + + together + δέω/">together + δέω + δεῖν + bind, to tie. equivalent to {{af/">to bind, to tie. equivalent to {{af + en + a- + syn- +