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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•syn•de•ton (ə sin′di ton′, -tən),USA pronunciation n. - Rhetoricthe omission of conjunctions, as in "He has provided the poor with jobs, with opportunity, with self-respect.''
- Library Sciencethe omission of cross references, esp. from a catalog.
- Greek, noun, nominal use of neuter of asýndetos not linked (a- a-6 + syndé(ein) to link + -tos verbid suffix)
- Latin
- 1580–90;
as•yn•det•ic (as′in det′ik),USA pronunciation adj. as′yn•det′i•cal•ly, adv. |