Asyndeton

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asundeton, "unconnected").

Full definition of asyndeton

Noun

1. (rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.

Hypernyms

• brachylogy

Related terms

• syndeton
• polysyndeton
• asyndetic
• syndetic