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The omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence.
count noun‘syntactically unmarked but semantically connected asyndeta’
‘One particular quirk of syntax occurs remarkably often in both poems: duplication of a monosyllabic word with asyndeton, within a line.’
‘Generally, asyndeton offers the feeling of speed and concision to lists and phrases and clauses, but occasionally the effect cannot be so easily categorized.’
‘The absence of run-on, the asyndeton of folk poetry may bear some relationship to Joyce's inability to develop a running line, the non-discursive quality of his writing.’
‘In the realm of liturgical language, however, the tendency toward asyndeton is particularly problematic.’
‘He is an innovator and experimenter; he is fond of antithesis, poetic vocabulary, the use of participles, and occasionally extreme asyndeton.’