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Definition of asyndeton in English: asyndetonnounPlural asyndeta əˈsɪndɪt(ə)nəˈsɪndəˌtɑn mass nounThe omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence, as in I came, I saw, I conquered. count noun syntactically unmarked but semantically connected asyndeta Example sentencesExamples - The absence of run-on, the asyndeton of folk poetry may bear some relationship to Joyce's inability to develop a running line, the non-discursive quality of his writing.
- In the realm of liturgical language, however, the tendency toward asyndeton is particularly problematic.
- One particular quirk of syntax occurs remarkably often in both poems: duplication of a monosyllabic word with asyndeton, within a line.
- Generally, asyndeton offers the feeling of speed and concision to lists and phrases and clauses, but occasionally the effect cannot be so easily categorized.
- He is an innovator and experimenter; he is fond of antithesis, poetic vocabulary, the use of participles, and occasionally extreme asyndeton.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
Derivatives adjectiveasɪnˈdɛtɪk On this count, Edmund Miller remarked that Prynne's use of the device of asyndetic listing confers ‘a breathless urgency to Prynne's poetry that is exactly appropriate to his theme.’ Example sentencesExamples - Sometimes an asyndetic list is useful for the strong and direct climactic effect it has, much more emphatic than if a final conjunction were used.
- My guess was that he understood ‘inside out’ as ‘both inside and out’ (asyndetic conjunction) instead of as ‘having the inside out’, and simply restored the conjunction.
- Instead, the asyndetic form of these texts promotes the opacity and disorientation of modularity.
Origin Mid 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek asundeton, neuter of asundetos 'unconnected', from a- 'not' + sundetos 'bound together'. Definition of asyndeton in US English: asyndetonnounəˈsɪndəˌtɑnəˈsindəˌtän The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. count noun syntactically unmarked but semantically connected asyndeta Example sentencesExamples - One particular quirk of syntax occurs remarkably often in both poems: duplication of a monosyllabic word with asyndeton, within a line.
- Generally, asyndeton offers the feeling of speed and concision to lists and phrases and clauses, but occasionally the effect cannot be so easily categorized.
- The absence of run-on, the asyndeton of folk poetry may bear some relationship to Joyce's inability to develop a running line, the non-discursive quality of his writing.
- In the realm of liturgical language, however, the tendency toward asyndeton is particularly problematic.
- He is an innovator and experimenter; he is fond of antithesis, poetic vocabulary, the use of participles, and occasionally extreme asyndeton.
Synonyms leaving out, exclusion, exception, non-inclusion, deletion, erasure, cut, excision, elimination, absence
Origin Mid 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek asundeton, neuter of asundetos ‘unconnected’, from a- ‘not’ + sundetos ‘bound together’. |