hypotaxis
hy·po·tax·is
noun \-ˈtak-səs\Definition of HYPOTAXIS
: syntactic subordination (as by a conjunction)
Origin of HYPOTAXIS
New Latin, from Greek, subjection, from hypotassein to arrange under, from hypo- + tassein to arrange
First Known Use: 1883
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