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Meaning of asyndeton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/æˈsɪn.də.tən/

Definitions

Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.

countable, rhetoric, uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština asyndeton
Deutsch Asyndeton
Ελληνικά ασύνδετο
Español asíndeton
Français asyndète
Italiano asindeto
Polski asyndeton
Português assíndeto

Examples

“Asyndeton, or the Loose language... as thus. I saw it, I said it, I will sweare it.”
“Asyndeton the Cop'latives denies. Faith, Justice, Truth, Religion, Mercy dies.”
“Asyndeton the copulative denies; And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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