adversative asyndeton
noun Rhetoric.
a staccato effect produced by omitting adversative connectives from between two or more items forming a group, as in “I liked all there was to buy in the store … I didn't get anything.”
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What’s the Difference Between Adverse and Averse?What does adverse and averse mean? The adjectives adverse and averse are related. Both come from the Latin root vert- meaning “to turn.” In Latin the word adversus meant “turned toward” and “hostile” and is a direct root of adverse. Averse, on the other hand, emerges from the Latin word aversus, which meant “turned away.” Today, adverse is rarely used to describe people but rather to describe effects or …
Nearby words
- advergame,
- adversarial,
- adversary,
- adversaryism,
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adverse possession,
- adverse pressure gradient,
- adverse reaction,
- adverse selection
Compare copulative asyndeton.
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