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ASYNDETON
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Irregular inflected form: asyndeta
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("asyndeton" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
Derivation:
asyndetic (lacking conjunctions)
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