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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.”
- Library Science. the omission of cross references, especially from a catalog.
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Other Words From
- as·yn·det·ic [as, -in-, det, -ik], adjective
- asyn·deti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of asyndeton1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of asyndeton1
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Example Sentences
And this is what Homer has expressed by using the figure Asyndeton.
Therefore the figure asyndeton, whereby conjunctions are omitted, is highly commended by writers of rhetoric.
But the asyndeton resulting from the suppression of these words was felt to be intolerable.
But the asyndeton (so characteristic of the fourth Gospel) proving uncongenial to certain of old time, D inserted και.
Of this sort is Asyndeton when the conjunctions uniting sentences are removed.
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