noun. The omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used, as in

noun. In rhetoric, a figure of speech consisting in the omission of connectives, as in the following passage:

noun. It is the opposite of polysyndeton, which is a multiplication of connectives.

noun. A figure which omits the connective. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.

noun. A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.

noun. the omission of conjunctions where they would normally be used

"W. Sean McLaughlin, of Alexandria, Virginia, wrote, I was immediately inspired by the arcane grammatical term asyndeton [defined in the American Heritage Dictionary as 'the omission of conjunctions from constructions in which they would normally be used'] and thought minor modifications might yield the right meaning: a-senditon."

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asyndetic  polysyndeton  syndetic  syndeton  

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