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hypotaxis

hypotaxis noun: syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another.

Noun

hypotaxis (countable and uncountable, plural hypotaxes)

  1. Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another.

Antonyms of hypotaxis

Forms of hypotaxis

pluralhypotaxes

Origin of hypotaxis

From hypo- + taxis.

Words formed from hypotaxis

Questions about hypotaxis

What does hypotaxis mean?
Hypotaxis means syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another.
What part of speech is hypotaxis?
Hypotaxis is a noun.
What is the plural of hypotaxis?
The plural of hypotaxis is hypotaxes.

Words near hypotaxis in the dictionary

  1. hypotarsi
  2. hypotarsus
  3. hypotaurine
  4. hypotaurodont
  5. hypotaxes
  6. hypotaxis
  7. hypoteloric
  8. hypotelorism
  9. hypotelorisms
  10. hypotensin
  11. hypotension

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