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asyndesis

asyndesis noun: a pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas.

Noun

asyndesis (uncountable)

  1. A pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas.
  2. (rhetoric) Synonym of asyndeton: lack or omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
    Synonyms:
    asyndeton

Synonyms of asyndesis

Origin of asyndesis

From Latin asyndesis, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδεσις (asúndesis), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-: without”) + σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding, joining”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, “-sis: forming nouns”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- + syn- + -desis or a- + syndesis.

Words formed from asyndesis

Questions about asyndesis

What does asyndesis mean?
Asyndesis means a pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas.
What part of speech is asyndesis?
Asyndesis is a noun.

Words near asyndesis in the dictionary

  1. asynclitic
  2. asynclitically
  3. asynclitism
  4. asyncronicity
  5. asyncronous
  6. asyndesis
  7. asyndeta
  8. asyndetic
  9. asyndetically
  10. asyndeton
  11. asyndetons

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