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Asyndeton

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

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

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Word	Definition
ellipsisnoun	(typography, mathematics) A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
juxtapositionnoun	The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter.
null anaphoranoun	(linguistics) An implied (but omitted) anaphora.
elisionnoun	(linguistics) The omission of a letter or syllable between two words or inside a word; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.
grammarlessnessnoun	Absence of grammar.
prepositionlessnessnoun	(rare) Absence of a preposition.
eclipsisnoun	A line or dash used to show that text has been omitted.
articlelessnessnoun	Absence of a grammatical article.
omittancenoun	The act of omitting something; omission.
verblessnessnoun	Absence of verbs.
omissionnoun	(uncountable) The act of omitting.
nonomissionnoun	Lack of omission; failure to omit something.
asyndesisnoun	(grammar, rhetoric) Synonym of asyndeton: lack or omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
nonadditionnoun	Absence of addition; failure to add.
nondirectionnoun	Absence of direction.
apocopenoun	(loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
letterlessnessnoun	Absence of letters.
asyngamynoun	Absence of syngamy.
sequencelessnessnoun	Absence of sequence.
nonpunctuationnoun	Lack of punctuation; failure to punctuate.