asyndesis

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Etymology

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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 (-sis, -sis: forming nouns), from σῠν- (sun-, together) + δεῖν (deîn, to bind, to tie). Equivalent to a- +‎ syn- +‎ -desis or a- +‎ syndesis.

Noun

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asyndesis (uncountable)

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

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