parataxis
About 0.06 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions.
He said "I came; I saw; I conquered," is an instance of parataxis.
- noun The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
- noun A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.
Similar words
asyndetic parathesis parasyntheton paragrammatism paranthesis phrasal set phrase parabasis proparalepsis procatalepsis
Often followed by
and in is of to or as with that
Word family
parataxes
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