Definitions For Asyndesis

Noun

ASYNDESIS (uncountable) (psychology) A pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas. (grammar, rhetoric) : lack or omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.

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Etymology

From "a-, un-: without + σύνδεσις + + binding, joining, from συνδέω + συνδεῖν + to join, to bind + -σῐς + + -sis: forming nouns, from σῠν- + + together + δέω + δεῖν + to bind, to tie. Equivalent to af + en + a- + syn- + -desis" or a + syndesis.

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